Patient's question:
Doctor, I am 46 years old this year, and I have leukemia. Last week, I had a leukemia chemotherapy session at a hospital in our city. After the chemotherapy, I feel a bit of pain in my back sternum. This pain comes and goes. I would like to ask the doctor, what is the reason for the sternum pain after one session of leukemia chemotherapy?Doctor's answer:
After undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia, chest bone pain reappears, primarily due to the following two reasons: the first is the side effect of chemotherapy drugs, which stimulates the diaphragm to produce pain by irritating the pleura; the second situation is considering the possibility of chest bone divergence, which is most common in leukemia patients. During careful examination, there is often recurring tenderness in the chest bone. It is recommended to undergo a chest CT scan.