title: Coexistence of chronic lymphocytic leukemia and polycythemia vera: a case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Polycythemia vera is a Philadelphia chromosome-negative myeloproliferative neoplasm. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia is a monoclonal expansion of a CD5+ CD19+ B lymphocytes. Chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms may coexist with indolent B-cell malignant lymphomas of various types. The association of chronic lymphocytic leukemia with polycythemia vera is a rare event with only a few cases of coexistence ever reported. We report a 56-year-old man in whom these two disorders were diagnosed concomitantly. Possible etiopathogenic relationships between both disorders are discussed in this case report.
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authors.affiliation: Associated Professor Serdal Korkmaz MD, Division of Hematology,, Kayseri Education and Research Hospital 38100,, Kayseri, Turkey, T: +90 352 336 88 84,, Fax: +90 352 320 73 13, baranserdalkorkmaz@gmail.com, ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-8521-7513.
authors.forename: Serdal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.forename: Sinan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kulakoglu
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gorkem
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aygun
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cetinkaya
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015451:Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis