Spontaneous resolution of myelofibrosis and pancytopenia followed by the development of acute myeloid leukemia with an extramedullary mass

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 268-270

  Inoue, Susumu ^a,b   Limsuwan, Alisa ^a,b   McQueen, Roslyn ^a  

^a HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myelofibrosis; Acute myeloid leukemia; Chloroma; Granulocytic sarcoma; Myelofibrosis; Spontaneous remission

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHLOROMA; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MYELOFIBROSIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MYELOFIBROSIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PANCYTOPENIA; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0031816331     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-199805000-00016     Document Type: Article

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