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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2020; 41(05): 781-783
DOI: 10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_233_20
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Isolated Central Nervous System Blast Crisis in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Report of Two Cases

Jhansi Arumugam
1   Department of Oncopathology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
B Karthik Bommannan
1   Department of Oncopathology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Jayachandran Kalaiyarasi
2   Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Shirley Sundersingh
1   Department of Oncopathology, Cancer Institute (WIA), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Abstract

Extramedullary blast crisis (BC) presenting as the central nervous system (CNS) involvement in chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is rare and usually accompanies systemic involvement. Imatinib has shown efficacy in treating patients with CML in accelerated or blastic phases. However, CNS penetration of Imatinib is poor due to the P-glycoprotein mediated efflux mechanisms. Therefore, patients on long-term Imatinib therapy with hematological and cytogenetic remission may rarely present with CNS BC. Isolated CNS BC is uncommon and the literature is limited to only a few case reports. Here, we present two cases of isolated CNS BC in patients with BCR ABL positive CML on treatment.



Publication History

Received: 14 May 2020

Accepted: 17 May 2020

Article published online:
17 May 2021

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