Acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;21)(q22;q22) manifesting as granulocytic sarcomas in the rhinopharynx and external acoustic meatus at relapse after high-dose cytarabine: Case report and review of the literature

Hematology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 84-89

  Sugimoto, Yuka ^a   Nishii, Kazuhiro ^a   Sakakura, Miho ^a   Arkai, Hiroto ^a   Usui, Eiji ^a   Lorenzo, V Felipe ^a   Hoshimo, Natsuki ^a   Miyashita, Hiroyuki ^a   Ohishi, Koshi ^a   Katayama, Naoyuki ^a   Shiku, Hiroshi ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chloroma; Extramedullary leukemia; Granulocytic sarcoma; Myeloblastoma; Myelosarcoma; t(8; 21) AML

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD33 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD7 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FAS ANTIGEN; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME Q BAND; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 21; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION 8; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; CYTARABINE; EAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; NASOPHARYNX; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; RADIOTHERAPY; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; SARCOMA, GRANULOCYTIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 10744231209     PISSN: 14664860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.thj.6200336     Document Type: Article

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