# OnCo record leukostasis (term). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
@prefix schema: <https://schema.org/> .
@prefix onco: <https://onco.cc/ns#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<https://onco.cc/terms/leukostasis/>
  a schema:DefinedTerm ;
  onco:kind "term" ;
  schema:identifier "leukostasis" ;
  schema:name "Leukostasis (a very high white cell count that blocks small blood vessels)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "Hyperleucocytosis"@en, "Leucostasis"@en, "Leukaemic leukostasis"@en ;
  schema:description "In some leukaemias the white cell count climbs so high that the cells clog small blood vessels, mostly in the lungs and brain, causing breathlessness, confusion or headache. It is an emergency treated by bringing the count down quickly."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/terms/leukostasis/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-11"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://europepmc.org/article/MED/41058090>, <https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/PMC12712836> ;
  onco:tag "supportive-care-gaps-2026-11" ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/aml/> ;
  onco:drugs <https://onco.cc/drugs/hydroxyurea/>, <https://onco.cc/drugs/cytarabine/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/tumor-lysis-syndrome/> .