title: Childhood proptosis: the invaluable but overlooked peripheral blood smear.
abstract: Two cases of granulocytic sarcoma presenting as childhood proptosis are described. This highlights the significance of peripheral blood smear examination in establishing the diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML).
authors.affiliation: Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029. anita.sethi@vsnl.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sethi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghose
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gujral
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D001856:Bone Marrow Examination; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D023981:Sarcoma, Myeloid / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*