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Assessment of the Metabolic Profile of Primary Leukemia Cells
Published on: November 21, 2018
[Pseudohypoxemia in a patient with chronic myeloid leukemia and splenomegaly]
K Azuma1, I Harasawa, T Sakuragi
1Department of Anesthesiology and Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka 814-0180.
Abstract:
A 35-year-old man with chronic myeloid leukemia whose peripheral leukocyte count was 18.6 x 10(4).mm-3 underwent splenectomy. Perioperative arterial blood gas analysis showed lower oxygen saturations than those measured with pulse oximetry. The findings suggested pseudohypoxemia because of marked leukocytosis.
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