Myeloid sarcoma in the central nervous system: Case report and review of the literature

Acta Clinica Croatica

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-24

  Struhal, Walter ^a,d   Oberndorfer, Stefan ^a   Lahrmann, Heinz ^a   Lindeck Pozza, Elisabeth ^a   Hess, Barbara ^a   Nussgruber, Vera ^a   Pöhnl, Rainer ^b   Dobner, Thomas ^c   Grisold, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Kaiser Franz Josef Spital ^*  (Austria)

^b 3rd Medical Department Oncology   (Austria)

^c KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^d KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Central nervous system pathology; Leukemia myeloid complications; Meningeal neoplasms diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD45 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTARABINE; IDARUBICIN; MYELOPEROXIDASE;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER FATIGUE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LEUKEMIA RELAPSE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; SARCOMA; SWEATING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; SARCOMA, MYELOID;

EID: 49949103103     PISSN: 03539466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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