Primary extramedullary leukemia of the prostate: Case report and review of the literature

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 267-271

  Quien, Emmanuel T ^a,d   Wallach, Bruce ^a,b   Sandhaus, Linda ^a   Kidd, Pamela ^a   Strair, Roger ^a,c   Saidi, Parvin ^a  

^a University of Medicine   (United States)

^b Rutger's Community Health Plan   (United States)

^c RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

acute leukemia; leukemic infiltration; nonlymphocytic leukemia; prostate neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DOXORUBICIN; IDARUBICIN; MERCAPTOPURINE; MITOXANTRONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE TUMOR;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DOXORUBICIN; HUMANS; IDARUBICIN; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LYMPHOMA, HIGH-GRADE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISONE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPE TELETHERAPY; REMISSION INDUCTION; URINARY RETENTION; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0029907634     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199612)53:4<267::AID-AJH13>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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