Granulocytic Sarcoma Presenting with Malignant Anasarca in a Patient with Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-252

  Khan, Mohammad Y ^a   Hussein, Khader K ^a   Walter, Max G ^b   Hasan, Muhammad K ^b   Kern, William ^b   Kharfan Dabaja, Mohamed A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Ascites; Chloromas; Granulocytic sarcomas; Myelodysplastic syndromes

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GATIFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ANASARCA; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; PARACENTESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; SKIN BIOPSY;

EID: 2442498585     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/IJH97.NA0305     Document Type: Article

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