Open AccessAcute appendicitis revealing a diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia
Author(s) -
Ahmad Rita,
Ali Elrazi,
Okar Lina,
Elaiwy Orwa,
Abdelrazek Mohamed,
Mulikandathil Yahya,
Yassin Mohamed
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.3902
Subject(s) - medicine , chronic myelogenous leukemia , appendicitis , acute appendicitis , leukemia , pathology , gastroenterology , general surgery
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.