Granulocytic sarcoma presenting as pneumonia in a child with t(8;21) acute myelogenous leukemia: Diagnosis by flourescent in situ hybridization

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 431-434

  Lee, Dean A ^a,b   Harris, Charles P ^a   Gresik, Vicky M ^b   Rao, Pulivarthi ^a,b   Lau, Ching C ^a,b,c  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myelogenous leukemia; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; Granulocytic sarcoma; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEVER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA CELL; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONIA; SARCOMA, GRANULOCYTIC; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 3543057678     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043426-200407000-00006     Document Type: Article

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