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Case Report
Zhenya Hong
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Background Chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) may occasionally occur after organ transplantation or long-term chemotherapy for solid tumors; Solid tumors secondary to long-term chemotherapy and biotherapy in CML have also been reported. However, the concurrence of solid tumor with CML and extreme thrombocytosis in an untreated patient is seldom reported.
Case presentation We describe a 61-year-old woman transferred to liver surgery department for the discovery of a large mass in the liver and an elevated plasmic AFP. She was initially diagnosed with liver cancer. Blood tests indicated a marked increase of platelets(2464x10 9 /L). The chromosome examination of bone marrow biopsy indicated the existence of t(9;22) translocation, fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) and PCR were both positive for the Bcr-Abl rearrangement. The diagnosis of CML was made. She received hydroxyurea and imatinib to treat CML, and platelet-lowering therapy, and then underwent a liver biopsy, which suggestted a moderately-poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, or might be a hepatic metastatic carcinoma. However, the patient refused further pathological examination and primary site screening for the tumor. She died six and a half months after discharge.
Conclusion: Here, we describe a rare case of liver cancer concurrent with CML and extreme thrombocytosis in an old patient. However, the exact relationship between the two tumors is still unclear, and more cases are desired.
Keywords
Liver cancer, Chronic myelocytic leukemia, Thrombocytosis, Adenocarcinoma, Liver biopsy
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Case Report
Zhenya Hong
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Background Chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) may occasionally occur after organ transplantation or long-term chemotherapy for solid tumors; Solid tumors secondary to long-term chemotherapy and biotherapy in CML have also been reported. However, the concurrence of solid tumor with CML and extreme thrombocytosis in an untreated patient is seldom reported.
Case presentation We describe a 61-year-old woman transferred to liver surgery department for the discovery of a large mass in the liver and an elevated plasmic AFP. She was initially diagnosed with liver cancer. Blood tests indicated a marked increase of platelets(2464x10 9 /L). The chromosome examination of bone marrow biopsy indicated the existence of t(9;22) translocation, fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) and PCR were both positive for the Bcr-Abl rearrangement. The diagnosis of CML was made. She received hydroxyurea and imatinib to treat CML, and platelet-lowering therapy, and then underwent a liver biopsy, which suggestted a moderately-poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, or might be a hepatic metastatic carcinoma. However, the patient refused further pathological examination and primary site screening for the tumor. She died six and a half months after discharge.
Conclusion: Here, we describe a rare case of liver cancer concurrent with CML and extreme thrombocytosis in an old patient. However, the exact relationship between the two tumors is still unclear, and more cases are desired.
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