Concept information
Preferred term
Leukostasis
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Leukostasis Syndrome
- Leukostasis Syndromes
- Syndrome, Leukostasis
- Syndromes, Leukostasis
Note
- note category: abnorm intravasc leukocyte aggreg
Scope note
- Abnormal intravascular leukocyte aggregation and clumping often seen in leukemia patients. The brain and lungs are the two most commonly affected organs. This acute syndrome requires aggressive cytoreductive modalities including chemotherapy and/or leukophoresis. It is differentiated from LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION which is a neoplastic process where leukemic cells invade organs.
History note
- 96
In other languages
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Finnish
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leukostasis
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018921
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