PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Majhail, Navneet S.
AU  - Lichtin, Alan E.
TI  - Acute leukemia with a very high leukocyte count: Confronting a medical emergency
DP  - 2004 Aug 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 633--637
VI  - 71
IP  - 8
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/8/633.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/8/633.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2004 Aug 01; 71
AB  - From 5% to 30% of adult patients with acute leukemias present with hyperleukocytosis—very high white blood cell counts (> 100,000 cells/mm3)—and symptoms of leukostasis. These conditions are a medical emergency that needs prompt recognition and initiation of therapy to prevent respiratory failure or intracranial hemorrhage. Patients should be referred as soon as possible for induction chemotherapy and leukapheresis.