[Colonic granulocytic sarcoma: a case report].
Granulocytic sarcoma is a rare tumor composed of immature cells of the granulocytic series which usually occurs as a secondary manifestation of acute leukaemia. We report the case of a 60 years old woman without particular previous pathologies who was hospitalised for chronic diarrhea developed in a context of health impairment state. The blood cell count revealed severe leucopenia and thrombopenia; an emergency right colectomy was accomplished. The histologic examination showed granulocytic sarcoma of the ascending colon. The death occurred rapidly as a consequence of a toxic shock. This observation seems to be the sixth case report of the granulocytic large bowel sarcoma in the literature which likely complicated a pre-existant and unknown myeloid leukaemia.
Laboratoire d'anatomie et de cytologie pathologiques, CHU Habib-Bourguiba, 3029 Sfax, Tunisie. akabdelmajid@yahoo.fr
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D001706:Biopsy; D003082:Colectomy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D004630:Emergencies; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007970:Leukopenia / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D023981:Sarcoma, Myeloid / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed