Granulocytic sarcoma with spinal cord compression in chronic myelogenous leukemia: a case report.
We report on a 19-year-old man with a spinal cord compression secondary to granulocytic sarcoma (GS) as the initial presentation of a chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Blastic crisis developed two months later. According to our case report and to the literature, the diagnosis of GS could predict a rapid progression to blastic phase.
Chalhoub-Hachem
Berthe R
BR
Departments of Hematology-Oncology, Hôtel-Dieu de France University Hospital, Beirut. Lebanon.
Kattan
Joseph G
JG
Ghosn
Marwan G
MG
Abadjian
Gérard A
GA
Okais
Nabil M
NM
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D023981:Sarcoma, Myeloid / Q000150:complications*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology*