Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Leukemia
Dr. Naveed Akhtar
CHROMIC LEUKEMIA
The chronic leukemias are a group of
malignancies
involving
the
hematopoietic
system
which
progress slowly.There is an increase
of abnormal white blood cells. It
differs fromacute leukemia
DEFINITION OF CML
CML is a clonal disorder of a pluripotent stem cell and
is classifi ed as one of the myeloproliferative disorder.
Old Classification
Chronic Myeloid
leukaemias
Ch.myelogenous leukemia
Polycythemia vera
Essential thrombocythemia
Primary myelofi brosis
Chronic neutrophilic leuke
Chronic eosinophilic leuke
Mast cell disease
MPNs, unclassifi able
CML, Ph positive
CML, Ph- (atypical)
CGL
Juvenile CML
Ch. Neutrophilic
leukaemia
Eosinophilic
leukaemia
Ch. Myelomonocytic
Leuk (CMML)
CHRONIC MYELOGENOUS
LEUKAEMIA
Chronic Myelogenous/Myeloid
Leukaemia (CML) is a
myeloproliferative neoplasm that
originates in an abnormal
pluripotent bone marrow stem cell
and is consistently associated with
the BCR-ABL1 fusion gene located in
the Philadelphia chromosome
EPIDEMIOLOGY
The disease accounts for around
15% of leukemia.
May occur at any age.
PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME
PHILADELPHIA CHROMOSOME
Is the chromosome which result
from the t(9;22)(q34;q11)part of
the Abelson proto-oncogene ABL is
moved
to
the
BCR
gene
on
chromosome
22
&
part
of
chromosome
22
moves
to
chromosome
9.
The
abnormal
chromosome 22 is the Ph.
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
can occur in any age .But the
mostly between 40-60.
Symptoms related to hyper
metabolism:
weight loss,lassitude,anorexia or night sweats
Platelet dysfunction.Bruising,
epistaxis, menorrhagia or
hemorrhage
Organ infiltration:
Splenomegally almost always
present and massive.
Rare symptoms include
visual disturbance.
PHASES OF CML
Chronic phase
Accelerated phase
Blast phase
CHRONIC PHASE
ACCELERATED PHASE
BLAST PHASE
INVESTIGATION:
CBC:
Wbc is usually >50X10/l
& some times >500X10/l.
Normocytic normochromic anemia.
Platelets .
Peripheral blood fi lm:
circulating basophil.
Eosinophil
INVESTIGATIONS
Neutrophil alkaline phosphatase
score is invariably low. But in
infection it is very high
INVESTIGATIONS
BM: hypercellular with granulopoietic
predominance .
INVESTIGATIONS
Cytogenetics/ FISH/ PCR:
Detect pheladelphia
chromosome.
FISH
The dual-color ABL (green) and
BCR (red) probes span their respective
breakpoint regions, producing two red
and two green
INVESTIGATIONS
JAK2 V617F Mutation
S.vitamin B12 & vitamin B12binding capacity are.
S.Uric acid is usually.
TREATMENT
Chemotherapy:
Tyrosine kinase inhibitor:
Interferon-.
Stem cell transplant.
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