Monocytic sarcoma of the sclera.
A patient with acute monocytic leukaemia and gross ocular involvement successfully treated with local irradiation is described. Leukaemic infiltration of the sclera developed at a time when the patient appeared to be in haematological remission. Despite the frequency of extramedullary disease in monocytic leukaemia the diagnosis of monocytic sarcoma may be very difficult.
D000368:Aged; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D003230:Conjunctival Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005134:Eye Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000473:pathology*; D012590:Sclera