Acute myeloid leukemia mimicking primary testicular neoplasm. Presentation of a case with review of literature

European Journal of Haematology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 242-245

  McIlwain, Laura ^a   Sokol, Lubomir ^a   Moscinski, Lynn C ^a,b   Saba, Hussain I ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Extramedullary myeloid cell tumor; Testicular manifestation

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ABDOMEN; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CELL; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ENZYME ASSAY; GENDER; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ORCHIECTOMY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REMISSION; SEPSIS; TESTIS DISEASE; TESTIS TUMOR; THORAX;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; ESTRADIOL; FATAL OUTCOME; GYNECOMASTIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PEROXIDASE; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; TUMOR STEM CELLS;

EID: 0037393366     PISSN: 09024441     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0609.2003.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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