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Query: UMLS:C0023473 (chronic myeloid leukemia)
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Splenectomy is a valuable method of management of approximately 80 per cent of patients with hairy cell leukemia who have hypersplenic complications develop; operation can be performed with minimal morality and morbidity. Removal of the spleen also provides useful palliation in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who have symptomatic splenomegaly or autoimmune hemolytic anemia; success is less predictable when operation is performed for thrombocytopenia. Splenectomy is linked with a high mortality and is of little benefit in patients with chronic granulocytic leukemia except when operation is performed as a prerequisite to bone marrow transplantation. Several patients with acute leukemia who have signs of splenic infarction and intra-abdominal bleeding develop had a short survival period after splenectomy.
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PMID:The limited role of splenectomy in patients with leukemia. 385 56

A 7-year-old girl was admitted with a severe abdominal pain. Abdominal ultrasound and CT revealed a large splenic infarction, leading to the diagnosis of chronic myeloid leukemia.
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PMID:Splenic infarction in a child revealing chronic myeloid leukemia. 2227

Massive splenic infarction and portal vein thrombosis (PVT) due to chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is extremely rare. We describe 2 children who were presented with massive splenic infarction and PVT in the course of CML. Massive splenic infarction and PVT treated with splenectomy in one and with medical treatment in another in whom PVT resolved by cytoreductive treatment, led to downsizing of spleen or splenectomy. Splenic infarct and PVT should be considered in CML patients with long-lasting severe abdominal pain despite appropriate medical attempts. Splenectomy should be spared for persistent symptoms and complications.
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PMID:Massive splenic infarction and portal vein thrombosis in children with chronic myeloid leukemia. 2494 25

We report a case of a 47-year-old man who presented with hepatosplenomegaly, anaemia and massive splenic infarct. A series of investigations led us to a diagnosis of atypical chronic myeloid leucaemia, a rare variety of a mixed myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm. This is the first case of atypical CML presenting with massive splenic infarction.
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PMID:Atypical CML with massive splenic infarct: an extremely rare presentation. 2656 17