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- Title
Pleural effusion in chronic myelomonocytic leukemia.
- Authors
Bourantas, K L; Tsiara, S; Panteli, A; Milionis, C; Christou, L
- Abstract
Pleural effusion in 4 patients with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) is described in this report. According to the literature, pleural effusion in CMML is a poorly understood and rare occurrence. Two of our patients presented with pleural effusion as an initial symptom while the other 2 developed it during the course of the disease. In only 1 patient was the pleural effusion due to leukemic infiltration while in the other 3 it was a reactive phenomenon. Peripheral lymphadenopathy was observed only in the former patient who died of acute leukemia. After prednisolone therapy the pleural effusions resolved in the other 3 patients.
- Publication
Acta haematologica, 1998, Vol 99, Issue 1, p34
- ISSN
0001-5792
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1159/000040713