Granulocytic sarcoma of the heart: Extramedullary relapse of acute myeloblastic leukemia after allogeneic stem cell transplantation successfully treated by chemotherapy alone

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1081-1084

  Kara, Ismail Oguz ^a   Sahin, Berksoy ^a   Paydas, Semra ^a   Kara, Banu ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

AML; Extramedullary relapse; Granulocytic sarcoma of the heart; Post transplant

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; MITOXANTRONE;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HEART SARCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NONMYELOABLATIVE STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; MITOXANTRONE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; REMISSION INDUCTION; SARCOMA, GRANULOCYTIC; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 22144491219     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190500057700     Document Type: Review

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