A patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL presents with epistaxis and easy bruisability. What is the most likely cause of these symptoms in a patient like this?

Question

Group of answer choices

Cancerous cells proliferate within the spleen enlarging this organ

Proliferation of blast cells in the center of the bones causing bone destruction

Invasion of blast cells into the central nervous system

Crowding of platelets by cancerous lymphoblast making them less effective

Answer 1

Crowding of platelets by cancerous lymphoblast making them less effective