Therapeutic Advances in Hematology (Jun 2019)

Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia associated with myeloid sarcomas and mutation: a case report and literature review

  • Faris Matanes,
  • Basel M.A. AbdelAzeem,
  • Gaurav Shah,
  • Vishnu Reddy,
  • Ayman Saad,
  • Nikolaos Papadantonakis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/2040620719854596
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10

Abstract

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We present a case of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia (CMML) associated with myeloid sarcomas. The CMML also harbored a NPM1 mutation, which is uncommonly described outside the context of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We describe our treatment strategy, which involved remission-induction chemotherapy that led to rapid resolution of myeloid sarcomas, and we present a literature review highlighting the treatment challenges that similar cases pose.