Granulocytic Sarcoma of the Stomach Presenting as Dysphagia during Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Anuradha Sekaran,
Santosh Darisetty,
Sandeep Lakhtakia,
Mohan Ramchandani,
D. Nageshwar Reddy
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in gastrointestinal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6528
pISSN - 2090-6536
DOI - 10.1155/2011/627549
Subject(s) - myeloid sarcoma , medicine , stomach , dysphagia , sarcoma , vomiting , pathology , leukemia , myeloid leukemia , bone marrow , gastroenterology , surgery
Granulocytic sarcoma also known as extramedullary myeloid sarcoma or chloroma is an uncommon manifestation of leukemia and presents as a deposit of leukemic cells outside the bone marrow. We report a case of a twenty-five-year-old pregnant woman who presented with progressive dysphagia and recurrent postprandial vomiting. Upper GI endoscopy had shown large flat laterally spread nodular lesions in the cardia and proximal body of stomach. Biopsies from the gastric lesion showed granulocytic sarcoma of the stomach. Concurrent peripheral and bone marrow picture was suggestive of acute myeloid leukemia (AML–M4). There is limited reported literature on granulocytic sarcoma of the stomach. Concurrent gastric granulocytic sarcoma involving cardia and AML in pregnancy has not been reported till date.
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