A SPONTANEOUS REMISSION OF LYMPHOID BLAST CRISIS IN CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA FOLLOWING BLOOD-TRANSFUSION AND INFECTION

Authors
LEFRERE F HERMINE O RADFORDWEISS I VEIL A PICARD F DREYFUS F FLANDRIN G VARET B
Citation
F. Lefrere et al., A SPONTANEOUS REMISSION OF LYMPHOID BLAST CRISIS IN CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS LEUKEMIA FOLLOWING BLOOD-TRANSFUSION AND INFECTION, British Journal of Haematology, 88(3), 1994, pp. 621-622
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
British Journal of Haematology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00071048
Volume
88
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
621 - 622
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-1048(1994)88:3<621:ASROLB>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We report a case of spontaneous remission of lymphoid blast crisis in chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML) which returned to chronic phase, w ithout the use of cytostatic chemotherapy, following an episode of vir al infection and blood transfusion. Although complete remissions of ac ute leukaemia have been described, this evolution is extremely rare an d has never been reported in CML blast crisis. The role of hypothetica l factors leading to such a rare event are briefly discussed.