Eosinophilic gastroenteritis or eosinophilic chloroma?
Granulocytic sarcoma of the small intestine preceding or as the presenting feature of acute myelogenous leukemia with chromosome 16 abnormalities has been observed in at least 4 patients. We report the case of a patient initially diagnosed with eosinophilic gastroenteritis, responding to corticosteroid treatment for 21 months and eventually transforming into an acute myelogenous leukemia with eosinophilia (M4Eo variant).
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Servicio de Hematologia, Hospital General Vall Hebron, Barcelona, Spain. anjulia@cs.vhebron.es
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D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000328:Adult; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16; D004802:Eosinophilia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D023981:Sarcoma, Myeloid / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones