[An acute myeloid leukemia in which the immature cells differentiate towards basophils. This is a rare leukemia. The observed cases have been associated with a poor prognosis. The term basophilic leukemia is used as a synonym for acute basophilic leukemia. Chronic basophilic leukemia is an inappropriate term vaguely connected to the term mast cell leukemia. (WHO, 2001) ( NCI )]
UMLS (NCI) C0023437 Relation/PAR: acute granulocytic leukemia