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Hepatic outflow obstruction and liver failure due to leukemic cell infiltration in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
1Division of Hematological/Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Leukemia & Lymphoma
|August 26, 1998
Abstract:
We report a patient with advanced progressive CLL who presented with liver failure and hepatic venus outflow obstruction (HVOD) due to lymphocytic leukemic infiltrates. Initiation of antileukemic therapy resulted in a rapid and prompt resolution of these life-threatening complications. This is apparently the first report of a CLL patient with HVOD and liver failure, attributable to liver infiltration by leukemic cells.