The case of a 28 year old woman with chronic myelocytic leukemia, who conceived while under treatment with busulfan, is reported.

Pregnancy, delivery, and the infant were normal. The child died one month later of a Staphylococcus infection. Autopsy disclosed a few minor and commonplace anomalies which the authors believe cannot reasonably be attributed to busulfan.

A review of the literature on pregnancy and leukemia is cited.

Topics:
busulfan, leukemia, pregnancy, leukemia, myelocytic, chronic, staphylococcal infections, child, infant
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1961
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