A 57 year old white male presents to your clinic with increasing fatigue for the past 2 years. You decide to order a CBC and peripheral blood smear. The CBC shows a decrease in RBC's and an unusually high number of WBC's. The blood smear shows 16% blasts. Based on these results you suspect CML. According to these results, which phase of CML if this patient experiencing?

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In the accelerated phase, blasts are between 10-19%. In the chronic phase blasts are under 10% and in the blastic phase, blasts are 20% or higher. Acute phase is not an actual phase of CML.

A 57 Year Old White Male Presents to Your Clinic