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Leukemoid reaction following ferric carboxymaltose infusion in an elderly patient.
Venugopal Mantry, Akshata Rao, Swarup Das, Avinash Chakrawarty
Published: 202610.1136/bcr-2025-268222
Abstract
Leukemoid reaction, a non-malignant leucocytosis (total leucocyte count≥30 000-50 000 /mm³) is typically triggered by infection, malignancy or drug exposure. Its occurrence after intravenous iron infusion is rare. An elderly man in his mid-70s with a…
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