| Literature DB >> 15666994 |
Ahmet Savranlar1, Yücel Ustündag, Tülay Ozer, Taner Bayraktaroglu, Nejat Demircan, Hüseyin Ozdemir, Ali Borazan.
Abstract
Granulocytic sarcoma or chloroma is a tumor seen in myelocytic leukemia. Spinal epidural onset is rare and is generally seen before or together with the onset of myelocytic leukemia. An epidural mass located at the 2nd-5th thoracic levels in an 18-year-old male patient was pathologically diagnosed as granulocytic sarcoma. Radiotherapy was performed after surgical intervention. Ten months later, he was re-admitted with abdominal pain. At this time, an epidural mass at the 6th-9th thoracic levels was detected on magnetic resonance imaging, and acute promyelocytic leukemia was diagnosed. After systemic chemotherapy, partial remission was achieved. We aimed to present this rare case with its remarkable follow-up findings.Entities:
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Year: 2004 PMID: 15666994 DOI: 10.18926/AMO/32104
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Med Okayama ISSN: 0386-300X Impact factor: 0.892