Acute myeloid leukaemia diagnosed by intra-oral myeloid sarcoma. A case report

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 132-135

  Papamanthos, Mattheos K ^b   Kolokotronis, Alexandros E ^a   Skulakis, Haralampos E ^b   Fericean, Angela Monika A ^b   Zorba, Matina T ^a   Matiakis, Apostolos T ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Volos   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukaemia; Chloroma; Granulocytic sarcoma; Myeloid sarcoma; Oral tumors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ETOPOSIDE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH TUMOR; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETOPOSIDE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; SARCOMA, MYELOID;

EID: 77953081579     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-010-0163-9     Document Type: Article

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