Related Experiment Videos
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia in pregnancy
L Chrisomalis1, L V Baxi, D Heller
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
|November 1, 1996
Abstract:
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a disease predominantly of elderly men, was incidentally diagnosed in a young pregnant patient. She did not require any chemotherapy and had a normal pregnancy outcome. However, she had repeated episodes of respiratory tract infections and anemia that required multiple antibiotics and transfusions. The placenta showed increased numbers of mature-appearing lymphocytes in the intervillous space, consistent with the diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of chronic lymphocytic leukemia in pregnancy.