Myeloid sarcoma occurring in the maxillary gingiva: A case without leukemic manifestations

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 138-141

  Colella, Giuseppe ^a,c   Tirelli, A ^a   Capone, R ^a   Rubini, C ^b   Guastafierro, S ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Maxillary gingiva; Misdiagnosis; Myeloid sarcoma

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD30 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD79A ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; COMMON ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN DERIVATIVE; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTERASE; FLUDARABINE; HEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXYDAUNORUBICIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LYSOZYME; MITOXANTRONE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; PREDNISONE; PROTEIN S 100; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE SULFATE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MAXILLA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION; SARCOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAXILLARY NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION, MALIGNANT; SARCOMA, GRANULOCYTIC;

EID: 13944259665     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.E0410     Document Type: Article

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