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A 47-Year-old Asian female with tracheobronchial space-occupying lesions caused by chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is a common leukemia in adults in Europe and the United States. The incidence of CLL in the United States is 4.5 cases per 100,000 people, and it is more common in men [ 1 ]. In Asia, however, the incidence of CLL is only one tenth of that in Europe and the United States, with an incidence rate of 0.2–0.6 cases per 100,000 people [ 2 , 3 ]. Asian patients with CLL have a younger age of onset and a more variable clinical presentation, which may be closely related to genetic factors [ 4 ]. We report a rare case of a 47-year-old Chinese woman, in whom dyspnea and airway obstruction were important clinical manifestations, and the diagnosis of CLL was confirmed by hematological and pathological examination.

Source: BMC Pulmonary Medicine

DOI: 10.1186/s12890-024-03330-0