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Another Emergent Cause of Headache.
1Emergency Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center.
Cureus
|July 21, 2018
Summary
A severe headache in a young man was caused by leukostasis, a complication of accelerated chronic myeloid leukemia (CML). Emergency treatment rapidly reduced his high white blood cell count.
Area of Science:
- Hematology
- Oncology
- Emergency Medicine
Background:
- Headaches are a common reason for emergency department visits.
- Leukostasis, a condition of high white blood cell counts impeding blood flow, can cause various symptoms.
- Accelerated chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a serious hematologic malignancy.
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