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Diagnosis of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Signs and Symptoms of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Approximately 40% to 50% of patients in the chronic phase of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) have no clinical symptoms (asymptomatic) and the disease is usually discovered by a routine blood test or physical examination. Signs and symptoms of chronic myelogenous leukemia may include:
- Generalized feeling of fatigue that won't go away
- Fever
- Night sweats
- Upper abdominal pain or an abdominal mass
- Enlargement of the spleen (splenomegaly) - occurs in about 50% of cases
- Enlargement of the liver (hepatomegaly) - occurs in about 15% of cases
- Pale complexion due to anemia
