Diseases

Leukostasis

Abnormal intravascular leukocyte aggregation and clumping often seen in leukemia patients. The brain and lungs are the two most commonly affected organs. This acute syndrome requires aggressive cytoreductive modalities including chemotherapy and/or leukophoresis. It is differentiated from LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION which is a neoplastic process where leukemic cells invade organs.

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Abnormal intravascular leukocyte aggregation and clumping often seen in leukemia patients. The brain and lungs are the two most commonly affected organs. This acute syndrome requires aggressive cytoreductive modalities including chemotherapy and/or leukophoresis. It is differentiated from LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION which is a neoplastic process where leukemic cells invade organs.

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  • Leukostasis Syndrome
  • Leukostases
  • Leukostasis Syndromes
  • Syndrome, Leukostasis
  • Syndromes, Leukostasis

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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note category: abnorm intravasc leukocyte aggreg

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Leukostasis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018921. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018921
  2. Leukostasis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukostasis
  3. Leukostasis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3237103