Extradural granulocytic sarcoma causing acute paraparesis

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-47

  Siddiqui, Arshad A ^a   Rehman, Naim ur ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Chloroma; Extramedullary myeloid leukemia; Granulocytic sarcoma; Spinal cord compression; Spinal epidural tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD45 ANTIGEN;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RIGIDITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPARESIS; SARCOMA, GRANULOCYTIC; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1842787793     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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