Pulmonary leukostasis mimicking tuberculosis in endemic area

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Chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is a clonal myeloproliferative disorder characterized by unregulated overproduction of myeloid cells. Pulmonary involvement by myeloid leukemia is relatively uncommon and is seen mainly in patients with severe disease. The most common form of pulmonary involvement consists of leukemic infiltration along lymphatics in the peribronchovascular, septal and pleural interstitial tissue . (Source: Leukemia Research)
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