Article
Recurrent granulocytic sarcoma. An unusual variation of acute myelogenous leukemia associated with 8;21 chromosomal translocation and blast expression of the neural cell adhesion molecule.
Cancer - 15 Apr 1994
Byrd J C, Weiss R B
Abstract excerpt
This study reports on a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in remission who had a series of 11 granulocytic sarcomas (chloromas or myeloblastomas) appearing periodically over a 29-month interval in a variety of anatomic sites without evidence of bone marrow recurrence. This isolated ex...
Topics
- Adult
- Antigens, CD
- Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte
- Blast Crisis
- CD56 Antigen
- Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Translocation, Genetic