Tzivras M, Souyioultzis S, Tsirantonaki M, Archimandritis A
Department of Pathophysiology, Medical School, University of Athens, Laikon General Hospital, Greece.
J Clin Gastroenterol. 1997 Jul;25(1):365-6. doi: 10.1097/00004836-199707000-00016.
Chronic granulocytic leukemia in a 59-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis and ulcerative colitis is described. Ankylosing spondylitis was confirmed at age 28 years and ulcerative colitis at age 49 years. Etiologic considerations and a brief review of the literature are presented.