Granulocytic sarcoma of the gingiva: Two case reports

Quintessence International

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 817-820

  Matsushita, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Abe, Takae ^a   Takeda, Yukari ^a   Takashima, Hidenori ^a   Takada, Akio ^a   Ogawa, Yayoi ^a   Sato, Hidetoshi ^a   Mukai, Masaya ^a   Fujiwara, Toshikatsu ^a  

^a SAPPORO CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Chloroma; Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; Extramedullary myeloid tumor; Gingiva; Granulocytic sarcoma; Ulcer

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL CRISIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; GINGIVA TUMOR; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

BLAST CRISIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GINGIVAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA, MYELOID;

EID: 34948906744     PISSN: 00336572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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