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Epidural granulocytic sarcoma in acute myeloid leukemia with 8;21 translocation
Author(s) -
Wodzinski M. A.,
Collin R.,
Winfield D. A.,
Dalton A.,
Lawrence A. C. K.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19881001)62:7<1299::aid-cncr2820620709>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - medicine , chromosomal translocation , myeloid leukemia , laminectomy , sarcoma , karyotype , radiation therapy , chemotherapy , leukemia , cytarabine , bone marrow , myeloid , myeloid sarcoma , pathology , spinal cord , oncology , cancer research , biology , chromosome , biochemistry , psychiatry , gene
Three patients with M2 acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in whom cord compression developed due to epidural granulocytic sarcoma are reported and compared with six similar patients described previously. These three cases had 8;21 translocation, t (8;21), in the marrow karyotype and also in the karyotype of granulocytic sarcoma tissue obtained from two of the cases. Treatment with chemotherapy and radiotherapy can be effective, but an emergency laminectomy should be performed if there is rapid neurologic progression.