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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-2-27
pubmed:abstractText
A 42-year-old man with severe pancytopenia and myelofibrosis underwent splenectomy seven months after onset of his symptoms; the leukocyte, platelet, and hematocrit levels became normal. Myeloid metaplasia was identified in the liver and spleen. Progressive lymphocytosis started eight months after splenectomy, and after 66 months a florid hairy-cell leukemia was diagnosed; the circulating cells were B type with micro K surface markers. Anemia and thrombocytopenia reappeared and were controlled initially with daily prednisone; chlorambucil was later added. At that time, the peripheral blood had more than 150 megaloblastoid-appearing normoblasts per 100 leukocytes. The PAS stain was positive in 95% to 100% of these cells; the B-cell surface markers were no longer identified. Further treatment failed to control the lymphoproliferative and myeloproliferative syndromes; the patient died 99 months after splenectomy. On autopsy, infiltration by hairy-cell leukemia cells and erythroid precursors was observed in the bone marrow, liver, lymph nodes, and other organs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0003-9926
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
145
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
164-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Coexistence of myeloid metaplasia with myelofibrosis and hairy-cell leukemia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports