Open AccessHypersensitivity Reaction to a Mosquito Bite in a Patient with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Author(s) -
Uri P. Dior,
Shaden Salameh,
Yonatan Gershinsky,
Ruth Stalnikowicz
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-648X
pISSN - 2090-6498
DOI - 10.1155/2011/649548
Subject(s) - medicine , myeloid leukemia , emergency department , physical examination , leukemia , dermatology , immunology , psychiatry
A twenty-one-year-old male patient with an exaggerated hypersensitivity reaction to a mosquito bite presented to the department of emergency medicine for further evaluation. He was noted on physical examination to have splenomegaly. The hematological blood tests that were performed were compatible with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). In this case, the mosquito bite heralded the diagnosis of CML.
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