Open AccessGranulocytic sarcoma of the dorsal spine in an aleukemic patient
Author(s) -
Prasad Krishnan,
Chandramouli Bhattacharya,
Roy S,
Devleena
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.171359
Subject(s) - medicine , myelopathy , sarcoma , lymphoma , dorsum , multiple myeloma , myeloid sarcoma , pathology , spinal cord , anatomy , psychiatry
The spine is an uncommon location for granulocytic sarcoma that is an extramedullary deposit of malignant myeloid cells. Very few cases are reported in literature as occurring in aleukemic patients. Due to histopathological similarity with lymphoma, Ewing's sarcoma, and multiple myeloma, the diagnosis is often missed. We describe a 22-year-old man presented with worsening dorsal compressive myelopathy in whose treatment was started after initial diagnosis of a lymphoma and who has had no leukemic conversion even after 2 years.