Saudi Journal of Medicine (SJM)
Volume-4 | Issue-05 | 395-397
Case Report
A Rare Case of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in A Patient With Essential Thrombocythemia
Lina El Mekkoudi, Fatima Boukhchach, Kamal Doghmi, Mohammed Mikdame
Published : May 30, 2019
Abstract
Essential thrombocythemia (ET) and chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are 2 distinct, clonal hematologic malignancies. The association of ET and CLL is very rare, and only a handful of cases have been described in the literature, the pathogenic mechanisms of this phenomenon remain unclear. Here we describe a patient with an uncommon case of Janus Kinase 2 (JAK2) V617F positive ET treated by hydroxyurea and pipobroman, who eventually developed a second unrelated hematologic malignancy, CLL