Granulocytic sarcoma: An atypical presentation in the oral cavity

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-69

  Stoopler, Eric T ^a,b   Pinto, Andres ^a   Alawi, Faizan ^a   Raghavendra, Sree ^a   Boyce Jr , Ricardo ^a   Porter, David ^a   Sollecito, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myelogenous leukemia; Granulocytic sarcoma

Indexed keywords

CLOTRIMAZOLE; FAMCICLOVIR; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEVER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; GRANULOMATOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH LESION; NEUTROPENIA; NIGHT SWEAT; PEPTIC ULCER; POPULATION;

EID: 2442575726     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2004.tb01681.x     Document Type: Article

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