Diseases

Blast Crisis

An advanced phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia, characterized by a rapid increase in the proportion of immature white blood cells (blasts) in the blood and bone marrow to greater than 30%.

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An advanced phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia, characterized by a rapid increase in the proportion of immature white blood cells (blasts) in the blood and bone marrow to greater than 30%.

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7 entry terms
  • Blast Phase
  • Blast Crises
  • Blast Phases
  • Crises, Blast
  • Crisis, Blast
  • Phase, Blast
  • Phases, Blast

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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coordinate IM with specific neoplasm term /pathol (IM); note category; do not confuse with BLAST TRANSFORMATION see LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; blast transformation in chronic myelogenous leukemia goes here not at LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Blast Crisis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001752. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001752
  2. Blast Crisis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blastic_phase_chronic_myelogenous_leukemia
  3. Blast Crisis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4925427