Document Type
Article
Original Publication Date
2014
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Case Reports in Hematology
Volume
2014
DOI of Original Publication
10.1155/2014/541807
Date of Submission
September 2014
Abstract
Myeloid sarcoma represents the proliferation of myeloblasts of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at extramedullary sites. While extramedullary involvement in AML is uncommon in itself, isolated myeloid sarcomas, that is, myeloid sarcomas without any bone marrow involvement, are extremely rare and pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Here, we present the case of a middle-aged woman with isolated myeloid sarcoma in the stomach—an organ seldom involved by this disease. Additionally, the literature on the epidemiology, diagnosis, pathology, prognosis, and therapeutic options in myeloid sarcomas has been reviewed.
Rights
Copyright © 2014 Pankit Vachhani and Prithviraj Bose. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Is Part Of
VCU Internal Medicine Publications
Comments
Originially published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/541807