Open AccessAcute Myeloid Leukemia Presenting as “Bowel Upset”: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Smeeta Gajendra,
Ajay Gogia,
Prasenjit Das,
Ritu Gupta,
Pranay Tanwar
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2014/9112.4578
Subject(s) - medicine , myeloid sarcoma , myeloid leukemia , myeloid , gastrointestinal tract , pathology , bone marrow examination , bone marrow , lymphoma
Myeloid sarcomas (MS) are the extramedullary presentation of acute myeloid leukemias. At times, they are difficult to diagnose due to lack of any supportive findings in peripheral blood/bone marrow aspirate examination. The involvement of gastrointestinal tract (GIT) by myeloid sarcoma is rare phenomenon. This diagnostic challenge becomes more complex when it is added by vague clinical symptoms. Many times, they have been misdiagnosed as Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, small round cell tumour or carcinoma. Here, we are reporting a case of myeloid sarcoma with no haematological abnormality which presented with the symptoms of bowel obstruction and a rare combination of inv. (16) and trisomy 22. The journey to reach the conclusive diagnosis in this case is interesting and sensitizes us to have high index of suspicion in a case, where there is paucity of clinical evidences.