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Megakaryoblastic leukemia presenting as a temporal bone granulocytic sarcoma. Case report. J Neurosurg 1993 Jul;79(1):128-31

Date

07/01/1993

Pubmed ID

8315452

DOI

10.3171/jns.1993.79.1.0128

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0027161740 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   13 Citations

Abstract

The unusual presentation of acute megakaryoblastic leukemia as a temporal bone granulocytic sarcoma in an infant without systemic manifestations of leukemia is reviewed. Leukemia should be considered in the differential diagnosis of skull and skull-based lesions since the appearance on neuroradiological imaging is not unique in this diagnosis. Surgical treatment, as in this case, is limited to obtaining tissue for diagnosis and draining the infection.

Author List

Kaufman BA, Jones L, Zutter MM, Park TS

Author

Bruce A. Kaufman MD Adjunct Professor in the Neurosurgery department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Child, Preschool
Combined Modality Therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Facial Paralysis
Humans
Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute
Leukemia, Myeloid
Lymph Nodes
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Skull Neoplasms
Temporal Bone
Tomography, X-Ray Computed