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Successful Pregnancy in Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia (CML)

Leela Digumarti (Assistant Professor)*
Sudha Tummala (Doctor)**
Raghunadharao Digumarti (Doctor)**
Ramachandar K. (Doctor)**
Anjna Surath (Surgeon)**

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Deccan
Medical College*, and Department of Medical Oncology,
Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences**, Hyderabad, India

 

Summary

  • A case of successful pregnancy in a 23-year-old woman with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is described.

  • Accelerated phase CML was diagnosed when the woman presented with postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) in her third pregnancy.

  • With intensive chemotherapy, she reverted to chronic phase CML and conceived within the next 6 months.

  • Multidisciplinary management during pregnancy resulted in a successful outcome.

 

Editor's Comment

Successful pregnancy outcome after chemotherapy for malignancy is quite common nowadays; a case involving CML (rarely reported) is described here. The antenatal period was relatively uneventful, with only an episode of PPH that was successfully negotiated.



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