Myeloid sarcoma presenting as a recurrent, multifocal nerve root entrapment syndrome

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-62

  Verra, Wiebe C ^a   Snijders, Tom J ^a   Seute, Tatjana ^a   Han, K Sen ^b   Nieuwenhuis, H Karel ^b   Rutten, Geert Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c CPRLab   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Chloroma; Granulocytic sarcoma; Myeloid sarcoma; Nerve root entrapment; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

AMSACRINE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FLANK PAIN; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; GUIDED IMAGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPESTHESIA; HYPOREFLEXIA; ISCHIALGIA; LAMINECTOMY; LEG; MALE; METASTASIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULOPATHY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SARCOMA; THORACAL RADICULOPATHY; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; SARCOMA, MYELOID; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57049165918     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-008-9679-1     Document Type: Article

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