A case representing coexistence of acute myeloblastic leukemia and dedifferentiated liposarcoma: The possible role of chemotherapy in triggering dedifferentiation

Clinical and Laboratory Haematology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 343-346

  Buyukhatipoglu, H ^a   Sevinc, A ^a   Camci, C ^a   Buyukberber, S ^a   Sari, I ^a  

^a GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Dedifferentiated liposarcoma; Dedifferentiation; Well differentiated liposarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTARABINE; IDARUBICIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LIPOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LIPOSARCOMA;

EID: 33748999266     PISSN: 01419854     EISSN: 13652257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2257.2006.00806.x     Document Type: Article

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