Granulocytic sarcoma: An unusual complication of aleukemic myeloid leukemia causing spinal cord compression. A case report and literature review

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1753-1760

  Landis, Daniel M ^a   Aboulafia, David M ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Chloroma; Granulocytic sarcoma; Spinal cord compression; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DEXAMETHASONE; IDARUBICIN; INDOMETACIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHLOROMA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SARCOMA, GRANULOCYTIC; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141758522     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819031000104051     Document Type: Article

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