Primary granulocytic sarcoma of the breast: A case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 435-438

  Delporte, F ^a,b   Voorhoof, L J B ^a   Lodewyck, T ^a   De Paepe, P ^a  

^a Sint Jan Hospital Bruges   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breast; Chloroma; Primary extramedullary myeloid tumour; Primary granulocytic sarcoma

Indexed keywords

AMSACRINE; BLEOMYCIN; BUSULFAN; CLOFARABINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL; GEMTUZUMAB OZOGAMICIN; IDARUBICIN; METHOTREXATE; MITOXANTRONE; PREDNISONE; TIOGUANINE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BREAST CARCINOMA; BREAST SARCOMA; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOMAMMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA; MAMMOGRAPHY; MAXILLA CANCER; MAXILLA SARCOMA; MELANOMA; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; REMISSION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WHOLE BODY PET;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SARCOMA, MYELOID;

EID: 80052784445     PISSN: 03922936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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