Meningeal chloroma (granulocytic sarcoma) in acute lymphoblastic leukemia mimicking a falx meningioma

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-35

  Ahn, Jung Yong ^a   Kwon, Seong Oh ^a   Shin, Moon Soo ^a   Kang, Shin Heh ^a   Kim, Young Rae ^a  

^a CHA University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Chloroma; Granulocytic sarcoma; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; DOXORUBICIN; GADOLINIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; TIOGUANINE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANAMNESIS; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHLOROMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DURA MATER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHROID CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTE; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETHARGY; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOBLAST; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MENINGIOMA; MENTAL HEALTH; MONOCYTE; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NEUTROPHIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SKULL IRRADIATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SARCOMA, GRANULOCYTIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036793078     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020236031949     Document Type: Article

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