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A 28-year-old man with Ph-positive chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL) was treated by high-dose chemoradiotherapy and transplantation of marrow cells harvested from his HLA-identical brother. One year after bone marrow transplantation (BMT) examination of his marrow showed a minority population of Ph-positive cells; their proportion subsequently fell such that 2 years after transplant analysis of marrow cells showed only cytogenetically normal cells. The patient remains clinically normal with a persisting mild lymphocytosis but without hematological evidence of leukemia. We cannot in this patient distinguish between persisting leukemia that later could no longer be recognized and relapse of leukemia that is now suppressed, perhaps only temporarily. This case emphasizes the need for caution in interpreting chromosomal finding after BMT for CGL.
Author(s): Apperley JF, Rassool F, Parreira A, Geary CG, Harrison CJ, Stansfield D, Goldman JM
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: American Journal of Hematology
Year: 1986
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Pages: 199-204
ISSN (print): 0361-8609
ISSN (electronic): 1096-8652
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajh.2830220211
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.2830220211
Notes: Case Reports Journal Article United states
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