Granulocytic sarcoma of the spine in a child without bone marrow involvement: A case report and literature review

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 164, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 616-620

  Shiozawa, Yusuke ^a,b   Kiyokawa, Nobutaka ^b   Saito, Masahiro ^a   Fujimoto, Junichiro ^b   Hata, Jun Ichi ^b   Yamashiro, Yuichiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Granulocytic sarcoma; Myeloid sarcoma; Spinal cord compression; Without bone marrow involvement

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYTARABINE; ETOPOSIDE; IDARUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MITOXANTRONE; PIRARUBICIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVALUATION; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE TUMOR; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PEROXIDASE; SARCOMA, GRANULOCYTIC; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 26444552871     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-005-1728-6     Document Type: Article

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