Acute appendicitis revealing a diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia

Rita Ahmad; Elrazi Ali; Lina Okar; Orwa Elaiwy; Mohamed Abdelrazek; Yahya Mulikandathil; Mohamed Yassin

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3902

Acute appendicitis revealing a diagnosis of chronic myelogenous leukemia

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Feb 24;9(4):1913-1916. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3902. eCollection 2021 Apr.

Authors

Rita Ahmad¹, Elrazi Ali², Lina Okar¹, Orwa Elaiwy³, Mohamed Abdelrazek⁴, Yahya Mulikandathil⁵, Mohamed Yassin⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Medicine Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
² Department of Internal Medicine Hamad General Hospital Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
³ Department of Pathology Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
⁴ Department of Radiology Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.
⁵ Department of Hematology/Oncology National Centre for Cancer Care & Research Doha Qatar.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: appendicitis; chronic myelogenous leukemia; hematologic malignancies; leukemia; typhlitis.

Publication types

Case Reports