COEXISTENCE OF CHRONIC NEUTROPHILIC LEUKEMIA WITH LIGHT-CHAIN MYELOMA

Authors
CEHRELI C UNDAR B AKKOC N ONVURAL B ALTUNGOZ O
Citation
C. Cehreli et al., COEXISTENCE OF CHRONIC NEUTROPHILIC LEUKEMIA WITH LIGHT-CHAIN MYELOMA, Acta haematologica, 91(1), 1994, pp. 32-34
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Hematology
Journal title
Acta haematologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00015792
Volume
91
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
32 - 34
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5792(1994)91:1<32:COCNLW>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A 60-year-old woman who presented with weakness, night sweats, bone pa in, easy bruising and weight loss was found to have ecchymoses and hep atosplenomegaly. Blood counts showed persistent neutrophilia of mature cell type with Dohle bodies and toxic granulation. Coexistence of chr onic neutrophilic leukemia and multiple myeloma of kappa light chain t ype was documented by bone marrow examination and immunofixation.