Hypercalcemia and multiple pathological fractures in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia: A case report
Turkish Journal of Haematology, cilt.20, sa.3, ss.167-170, 2003 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 20 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2003
- Dergi Adı: Turkish Journal of Haematology
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.167-170
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Hypercalcemia, Pathological fractures
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Hypercalcemia is common in some lymphoproliferative disorders such as myeloma or T-cell leukaemia-lymphoma, but is rarely described in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). A CLL patient who have been presented with multiple pathological fractures and widespread osteolytic lesions is reported. He was a 74 year old male with fractures of his bilateral humerus and radii and multiple osteolytic lesions of skull, fibula, femur and costals. On his admission to the hospital for the fractures he has been diagnosed as CLL. Hypercalcemia has also been documented. All the disorders that could be the reason of hypercalcemia have been ruled out. The open biopsy of bone marrow showed lymphocytic infiltration in which increased number of prolymphocytes are observed. Hypercalcemia arising in a patient with CLL may indicate a negative prognosis.