Acute appendicitis revealing a diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia

Rita Ahmad; Elrazi Ali; Lina Okar; Orwa Elaiwy; Mohamed Abdelrazek; Yahya Mulikandathil; Mohamed Yassin

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3902

Clinical Case Reports (Apr 2021)

Acute appendicitis revealing a diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia

Rita Ahmad,
Elrazi Ali,
Lina Okar,
Orwa Elaiwy,
Mohamed Abdelrazek,
Yahya Mulikandathil,
Mohamed Yassin

Affiliations

Rita Ahmad: Department of Family Medicine Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
Elrazi Ali: Department of Internal Medicine Hamad General Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
Lina Okar: Department of Family Medicine Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
Orwa Elaiwy: Department of Pathology Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
Mohamed Abdelrazek: Department of Radiology Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar
Yahya Mulikandathil: Department of Hematology/Oncology National Centre for Cancer Care & Research Doha Qatar
Mohamed Yassin: Department of Hematology/Oncology National Centre for Cancer Care & Research Doha Qatar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3902
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 4
pp. 1913 – 1916

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Abstract Gastrointestinal manifestations of leukemias have been well recognized. Typically, acute leukemias cause typhlitis or appendicitis more commonly than chronic leukemias. Our case points to appendicitis as possible manifestation of chronic myelogenous leukemia.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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