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Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)

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  • A 62-year-old man presents to his primary care provider for an urgent care visit. He reports feeling very fatigued recently. He denies any change in bowel movements or any blood in his stool. On physical exam, he has mild splenomegaly. Blood tests come back with increased leukocytosis with neutrophilic dominance and increased basophils. Concerned, his primary care provider refers him to hematology-oncology. His peripheral smear shows myeloid cells.
Introduction
  • Also known as chronic myelogenous leukemia
  • Clonal hematopoietic stem cell disorder
  • Pathogenesis
    • Philadelphia chromosome
    • translocation t(9;22)
    • BCR-ABL fusion gene
      • hyperactive tyrosine kinase
  • Epidemiology
    • median disease onset 67 years of age
    • 15% of all adult leukemias
  • May transform into blast crisis
    • AML or ALL
Presentation
  • Symptoms
    • B symptoms (fever, weight loss, fatigue)
    • splenomegaly
      • LUQ discomfort
      • early satiety
  • Physical exam
    • splenomegaly common
Evaluation
  • Complete blood count with differential
    • ↑ WBC
    • ↑ neutrophils
    • ↑ basophils
    • ↑ metamyelocytes
  • ↓ leukocyte alkaline phosphatase 
    • low activity in mature granulocytes
  • Bone marrow aspirate and biopsy
  • Cytogenetic analysis or FISH showing Philadelphia chromosome (most accurate)
Differential Diagnosis
  • Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia
  • Chronic eosinophilic leukemia
  • Primary myelofibrosis
  • Acute myeloid leukemic
  • Leukemoid reaction
    • ↑ WBC
    • ↑  leukocyte alkaline phosphatase
Treatment
  • Medical management
    • tyrosine kinase inhibitors are first-line
      • imatinib (Gleevec)
      • nilotinib
      • dasatinib
  • Surgical management
    • hematopoietic stem cell transplant
      • never first-line
      • the only curative therapy
Prognosis, Prevention, and Complications
  • Prognosis
    • worse prognosis with older age at diagnosis
    • increased overall survival with tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy
  • Complications
    • transformation to acute leukemia (blast crisis)
    • infection
    • bleeding
    • bone pain
    • splenic infarcts due to splenomegaly
 

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Lab Values
Blood, Plasma, Serum Reference Range
ALT 8-20 U/L
Amylase, serum 25-125 U/L
AST 8-20 U/L
Bilirubin, serum (adult) Total // Direct 0.1-1.0 mg/dL // 0.0-0.3 mg/dL
Calcium, serum (Ca2+) 8.4-10.2 mg/dL
Cholesterol, serum Rec: < 200 mg/dL
Cortisol, serum 0800 h: 5-23 μg/dL //1600 h:
3-15 μg/dL
2000 h: ≤ 50% of 0800 h
Creatine kinase, serum Male: 25-90 U/L
Female: 10-70 U/L
Creatinine, serum 0.6-1.2 mg/dL
Electrolytes, serum  
Sodium (Na+) 136-145 mEq/L
Chloride (Cl-) 95-105 mEq/L
Potassium (K+) 3.5-5.0 mEq/L
Bicarbonate (HCO3-) 22-28 mEq/L
Magnesium (Mg2+) 1.5-2.0 mEq/L
Estriol, total, serum (in pregnancy)  
24-28 wks // 32-36 wks 30-170 ng/mL // 60-280 ng/mL
28-32 wk // 36-40 wks 40-220 ng/mL // 80-350 ng/mL
Ferritin, serum Male: 15-200 ng/mL
Female: 12-150 ng/mL
Follicle-stimulating hormone, serum/plasma Male: 4-25 mIU/mL
Female: premenopause: 4-30 mIU/mL
midcycle peak: 10-90 mIU/mL
postmenopause: 40-250
pH 7.35-7.45
PCO2 33-45 mmHg
PO2 75-105 mmHg
Glucose, serum Fasting: 70-110 mg/dL
2-h postprandial:<120 mg/dL
Growth hormone - arginine stimulation Fasting: <5 ng/mL
Provocative stimuli: > 7ng/mL
Immunoglobulins, serum  
IgA 76-390 mg/dL
IgE 0-380 IU/mL
IgG 650-1500 mg/dL
IgM 40-345 mg/dL
Iron 50-170 μg/dL
Lactate dehydrogenase, serum 45-90 U/L
Luteinizing hormone, serum/plasma Male: 6-23 mIU/mL
Female: follicular phase: 5-30 mIU/mL
midcycle: 75-150 mIU/mL
postmenopause 30-200 mIU/mL
Osmolality, serum 275-295 mOsmol/kd H2O
Parathyroid hormone, serume, N-terminal 230-630 pg/mL
Phosphatase (alkaline), serum (p-NPP at 30° C) 20-70 U/L
Phosphorus (inorganic), serum 3.0-4.5 mg/dL
Prolactin, serum (hPRL) < 20 ng/mL
Proteins, serum  
Total (recumbent) 6.0-7.8 g/dL
Albumin 3.5-5.5 g/dL
Globulin 2.3-3.5 g/dL
Thyroid-stimulating hormone, serum or plasma .5-5.0 μU/mL
Thyroidal iodine (123I) uptake 8%-30% of administered dose/24h
Thyroxine (T4), serum 5-12 μg/dL
Triglycerides, serum 35-160 mg/dL
Triiodothyronine (T3), serum (RIA) 115-190 ng/dL
Triiodothyronine (T3) resin uptake 25%-35%
Urea nitrogen, serum 7-18 mg/dL
Uric acid, serum 3.0-8.2 mg/dL
Hematologic Reference Range
Bleeding time 2-7 minutes
Erythrocyte count Male: 4.3-5.9 million/mm3
Female: 3.5-5.5 million mm3
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (Westergren) Male: 0-15 mm/h
Female: 0-20 mm/h
Hematocrit Male: 41%-53%
Female: 36%-46%
Hemoglobin A1c ≤ 6 %
Hemoglobin, blood Male: 13.5-17.5 g/dL
Female: 12.0-16.0 g/dL
Hemoglobin, plasma 1-4 mg/dL
Leukocyte count and differential  
Leukocyte count 4,500-11,000/mm3
Segmented neutrophils 54%-62%
Bands 3%-5%
Eosinophils 1%-3%
Basophils 0%-0.75%
Lymphocytes 25%-33%
Monocytes 3%-7%
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin 25.4-34.6 pg/cell
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration 31%-36% Hb/cell
Mean corpuscular volume 80-100 μm3
Partial thromboplastin time (activated) 25-40 seconds
Platelet count 150,000-400,000/mm3
Prothrombin time 11-15 seconds
Reticulocyte count 0.5%-1.5% of red cells
Thrombin time < 2 seconds deviation from control
Volume  
Plasma Male: 25-43 mL/kg
Female: 28-45 mL/kg
Red cell Male: 20-36 mL/kg
Female: 19-31 mL/kg
Cerebrospinal Fluid Reference Range
Cell count 0-5/mm3
Chloride 118-132 mEq/L
Gamma globulin 3%-12% total proteins
Glucose 40-70 mg/dL
Pressure 70-180 mm H2O
Proteins, total < 40 mg/dL
Sweat Reference Range
Chloride 0-35 mmol/L
Urine  
Calcium 100-300 mg/24 h
Chloride Varies with intake
Creatinine clearance Male: 97-137 mL/min
Female: 88-128 mL/min
Estriol, total (in pregnancy)  
30 wks 6-18 mg/24 h
35 wks 9-28 mg/24 h
40 wks 13-42 mg/24 h
17-Hydroxycorticosteroids Male: 3.0-10.0 mg/24 h
Female: 2.0-8.0 mg/24 h
17-Ketosteroids, total Male: 8-20 mg/24 h
Female: 6-15 mg/24 h
Osmolality 50-1400 mOsmol/kg H2O
Oxalate 8-40 μg/mL
Potassium Varies with diet
Proteins, total < 150 mg/24 h
Sodium Varies with diet
Uric acid Varies with diet
Body Mass Index (BMI) Adult: 19-25 kg/m2
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(M1.ON.4753) A 68-year-old male presents to his primary care physician complaining of fatigue over the past 6 months. On exam, the patient has splenomegaly. A bone marrow aspiration is performed and a slide demonstrating the findings is shown in Figure A. Cytogenetic workup of the patient’s white blood cells reveals the presence of a translocation involving chromosome 9. Which of the following medications is most appropriate to treat this patient’s condition? Review Topic

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Imatinib

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Rituximab

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Trastuzumab

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Erlotinib

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Etanercept

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