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Hypereosinophilic syndrome or chronic eosinophilic leukemia: report of a case with a lytic bone lesion

Leukemia volume 11, pages 765–766 (1997)Cite this article

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Some cases of hypereosinophilic syndrome and myeloproliferative disorders exhibit common features and thus pose diagnostic and therapeutic problems. We describe a 68-year-old patient who presented with such features and developed lytic lesion in the tibia. Based on our case and a review of literature we suggest that cases like ours should be classified and treated as chronic eosinophilic leukemia (a myeloproliferative disorder) rather than as a hypereosinophilic syndrome or as an atypical chronic myeloid leukemia.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, St Andrew’s Place, East Melbourne, 3002, Victoria, Australia

    S Juneja & D Venter

  2. Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, St Andrew’s Place, East Melbourne, 3002, Victoria, Australia

    J Stewart & H Januszewicz

  3. Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, St Andrew’s Place, East Melbourne, 3002, Victoria, Australia

    A Mckenzie

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Juneja, S., Stewart, J., Mckenzie, A. et al. Hypereosinophilic syndrome or chronic eosinophilic leukemia: report of a case with a lytic bone lesion. Leukemia 11, 765–766 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2400634

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