Acute myeloid leukemia in a young girl presenting with mediastinal granulocytic sarcoma invading pericardium and causing superior vena cava syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 980-982

  Tsai, Ming Horng ^a,b   Yang, Chao Ping ^a,b   Chung, Hung Tao ^a,b   Shih, Lee Yung ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Granulocytic sarcoma; Leukemia cutis; Mediastinal tumor; Pericardial effusion; Superior vena cava syndrome

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IDARUBICIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOGENETICS; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEUTROPENIA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMA; SEPSIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; TUMOR LYSIS SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; INFANT; PATHOLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIUM; SARCOMA, MYELOID; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

EID: 73949124958     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181b86ff3     Document Type: Article

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