Abstract |
A patient with acute myelogenous leukemia and symptoms of cerebral leukostasis failed to respond to initial chemotherapy. Reduction in blast count from 220,000/microliter to 40,000/microliter was accomplished over a five hour period by leukapheresis using an intermittent flow cell separator, and symptomatic improvement was dramatic. The technique is simple and rapidly effective and may prove a useful adjunct in the treatment of patients with acute leukemia and high blast counts.
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Authors | R S Eisenstaedt, E M Berkman |
Journal | Transfusion
(Transfusion)
1978 Jan-Feb
Vol. 18
Issue 1
Pg. 113-5
ISSN: 0041-1132 [Print] United States |
PMID | 272799
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Cerebrovascular Circulation
- Female
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
(blood, therapy)
- Plasmapheresis
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