Is Priapism a Common Presentation of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in an Adolescent Patient?

Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets. 2021;21(2):147-148. doi: 10.2174/1871529X21666210331142330.

Abstract

Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is predominantly a disease of adults and the elderly. CML is uncommon in the paediatric age. Priapism as an initial presentation is quite uncommon in CML and is rare in the case of CML in paediatric and adolescent age. We present a case of CML in an adolescent male who presented with priapism of 48 hours duration. The patient was managed in an emergency by corporal aspiration and saline irrigation and was found to have CML during a hospital stay. The patient was treated with imatinib and is under follow-up for the last two years.

Keywords: Chronic myeloid leukemia; adolescent; fatigue; haemoglobin.; neoplasm; priapism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents* / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Humans
  • Imatinib Mesylate / therapeutic use
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive* / complications
  • Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive* / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Priapism* / etiology

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • Imatinib Mesylate