"Leukemic Infiltration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A pathologic change in leukemia in which leukemic cells permeate various organs at any stage of the disease. All types of leukemia show various degrees of infiltration, depending upon the type of leukemia. The degree of infiltration may vary from site to site. The liver and spleen are common sites of infiltration, the greatest appearing in myelocytic leukemia, but infiltration is seen also in the granulocytic and lymphocytic types. The kidney is also a common site and of the gastrointestinal system, the stomach and ileum are commonly involved. In lymphocytic leukemia the skin is often infiltrated. The central nervous system too is a common site.
| Descriptor ID |
D017254
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.697.645.500 C23.550.727.645.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Leukemic Infiltration- Leukemic Infiltration
- Infiltration, Leukemic
- Infiltrations, Leukemic
- Leukemic Infiltrations
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leukemic Infiltration" by people in Profiles.
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Ploysangam P, Reynolds AL. Iris Infiltration as a Sign of Relapse in a Child with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. Ophthalmology. 2021 05; 128(5):780.
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Birnbaum FA, Meekins LC, Srinivasan A, Murchison AP. A lot of nerve. Surv Ophthalmol. 2020 Mar - Apr; 65(2):272-277.
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Shah SB, Reichstein DA, Lally SE, Shields CL. Persistent bloody tears as the initial manifestation of conjunctival chloroma associated with chronic myelogenous leukemia. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2013 Mar; 251(3):991-92.
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Demirci H, Shields JA, Shields CL, Maguire AM. Atypical presentation of bone marrow transplant retinopathy. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus. 2003 Nov-Dec; 40(6):361-3.
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Magro C, Crowson AN, Porcu P, Nuovo GJ. Automated kappa and lambda light chain mRNA expression for the assessment of B-cell clonality in cutaneous B-cell infiltrates: its utility and diagnostic application. J Cutan Pathol. 2003 Sep; 30(8):504-11.