Leukostasis as a complication of chronic myeloid leukemia

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Authors

  • Hasel Nájera-Pineda
    aveyanada15@gmail.com
    Dirección General de Investigación, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala., Guatemala
  • Cyrano Lossi Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala., Guatemala
May 18, 2022
September 15, 2022

Leukostasis is an emergency that occurs in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) on blast crisis, characterized by the deposit of leukocytes on the microvasculature, typically producing respiratory and/or neur