Myeloid sarcoma with multiple lesions of the central nervous system in a patient without leukemia: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 916-919

  Widhalm, Georg ^a   Dietrich, Wolfgang ^a   Müllauer, Leonhard ^a   Streubel, Berthold ^a   Rabitsch, Werner ^a   Kotter, Mark R ^a   Knosp, Engelbert ^a   Roessler, Karl ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation; Chemotherapy; Long term remission; Myeloid sarcoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CANCER; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUVA; SARCOMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADULT; BONE MARROW; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SARCOMA, GRANULOCYTIC; SKULL NEOPLASMS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845502543     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.6.916     Document Type: Article

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