Open AccessBilateral proptosis and bitemporal swelling: A rare manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia
Author(s) -
Sanjay Behari,
Dinesh Rajput,
Ram Naval,
Kamlesh Yadav,
Arun Tungaria
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.66687
Subject(s) - medicine , myeloid leukemia , myeloid , pathology , dermatology
In Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), malignant clones of immature myeloid cells (primarily blasts) proliferate, replace bone marrow, circulate in blood and invade other tissues. The unique presentation of bilateral proptosis and bilateral temporal swelling in AML is being reported.
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