Legionella longbeachae pneumonia in a patient splenectomized for hairy-cell leukemia
β Scribed by Ruth Lang; Z. Wiler; J. Manor; R. Kazak; Ida Boldur
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 375 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-8126
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Legionella pneumonia is an increasingly frequently reported complication in immunocompromised patients, particularly patients with hairy cell leukemia (HCL) in active phase. The most important predisposing factor seems to be the quantitative and qualitative defect of the monocytic-macrophagic system
Central nervous system involvement has not previously been described in patients with hairy cell leukemia (HCL). A patient is reported who presented with meningeal involvement as his initial symptom of HCL. Diagnosis was established by morphologic and cytochemical studies of his cerebrospinal fluid