Basophilic crisis in chronic myelogenous leukemia: case report and literature review in Japan.
A 37-year-old female with Ph1-positive chronic myelogenous leukemia developed basophilic crisis 11 months after diagnosis of the disease. Splenomegaly was absent throughout most of the course. The survival duration from the blastic crisis was 5.5 months. Eleven cases in Japanese literature are reviewed.