TY - JOUR
T1 - Leukostasis retinopathy
T2 - An uncommon visual threatening complication of chronic myeloid leukemia with severe hyperleukocytosis-A case report and review of the literature
AU - Chen, Bo
AU - Yan, Xiaoqin
AU - Zhang, Xian
AU - Yang, Hong
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - To describe a rare case of an unusual visual threatening complication of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). A 21-year-old male visited the hospital complaining of 1-week painless binocular acute visual loss without any other symptoms. The patient was diagnosed with CML. He then received emergent leukapheresis with imatinib treatment, which achieved obvious hematological remission. However, the visual acuity did not recover along with the CML remission and ocular structure relief. CML-related leukostasis could induce severe leukostasis retinopathy. Hematologists and ophthalmologists should pay more attention to this relatively rare and severe complication of CML.
AB - To describe a rare case of an unusual visual threatening complication of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). A 21-year-old male visited the hospital complaining of 1-week painless binocular acute visual loss without any other symptoms. The patient was diagnosed with CML. He then received emergent leukapheresis with imatinib treatment, which achieved obvious hematological remission. However, the visual acuity did not recover along with the CML remission and ocular structure relief. CML-related leukostasis could induce severe leukostasis retinopathy. Hematologists and ophthalmologists should pay more attention to this relatively rare and severe complication of CML.
KW - Chronic myeloid leukemia
KW - hemorrhagic retinal detachment
KW - leukostasis
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U2 - 10.4103/ijo.IJO_627_18
DO - 10.4103/ijo.IJO_627_18
M3 - Article
C2 - 30451209
AN - SCOPUS:85056735630
VL - 66
SP - 1871
EP - 1874
JO - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
JF - Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
SN - 0301-4738
IS - 12
ER -