Granulocytic Sarcoma as the First Sign of Acute Leukemia in Childhood

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) may rarely involve the orbit as a solid tumor termed granulocytic sarcoma. This report describes the case of a child who presented with rapidly progressive unilateral proptosis and was diagnosed as rhabdomyosarcoma. However subsequent examination of the peripheral blood...

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Main Authors: Aalia R Sufi, Tejit Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2012-01-01
Series:Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ojhas.org/issue40/2011-4-9.htm