Chronic myeloid leukemia with sickle cell trait: rare case report


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Case Report

Author :

Santosh G. Rathod, Anjali S. Kulkarni, Pranita R. Deshmukh, Dinesh V. Swami, HR Kokandakar

Volume :

3

Issue :

4

Abstract :

Hemato- oncological neoplasia are very rare in patient with sickle cell anemia. The term ‘sickle cell trait’ indicates heterozygosity for sickle cell gene on beta chain. There are very few cases of patients with sickle cell trait who developed Hemato-oncological malignancy including myeloid and lymphoid conditions; however, to best of our knowledge, this is the second case report on sickle cell trait with chronic granulocytic leukemia.

Keyword :

Chronic myelogenous leukemia, Sickle cell trait