PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Moraes, Manoel
AU  - Wilkes, John
AU  - Lowder, James N.
TI  - Monocytic leukemoid reaction, glucocorticoid therapy, and myelodysplastic syndrome
DP  - 1990 Sep 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 571--574
VI  - 57
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/57/6/571.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/57/6/571.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1990 Sep 01; 57
AB  - A leukemoid reaction is a complex and poorly understood response by the bone marrow to a variety of stresses; although any peripheral blood cell line may be involved, it is rarely a purely monocytic event. A case is reported of a true monocytic leukemoid reaction in a patient with myelodysplastic syndrome related to the effect of corticosteroids on the underlying marrow disorder.