title: Acute myelomonocytic leukemia with abnormal eosinophils presenting as an ovarian mass: a report of two cases and a review of the literature.
abstract: Acute myelomonocytic leukemia is a neoplastic blood disease that can occur as an extramedullary tumor called a granulocytic sarcoma. Granulocytic sarcoma can be the presenting feature of acute leukemia and can occur as an abdominal or pelvic mass. Two cases of granulocytic sarcomas presenting as ovarian masses in patients with acute myelomonocytic leukemia with a characteristic inversion of chromosome 16 are described and the current literature regarding treatment and prognosis is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Drinkard
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Waggoner
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Byrne
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Larson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D015479:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed