Chronic neutrophilic leukaemia.

• Main Authors: Gan, G.G., Pasagna, J.F., Eow, G.I., Nadarajan, V.S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Stamford Publishing Pte Ltd / Singapore Medical Association 2007
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/624/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17342275

Chronic neutrophilic leukaemia is a rare myeloproliferative disease characterised by splenomegaly, sustained neutrophilia, raised vitamin B12 level and absence of the Philadelphia chromosome. We report a 74-year-old man who presented first with Sweet's syndrome and subsequently leukocytosis. He...