title: Granulocytic sarcoma presenting as tumors of the cervix.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Granulocytic sarcoma of the cervix, leading to the diagnosis of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), is a rare event.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 33-year-old woman presented with vaginal bleeding, pain, and a large pelvic mass involving the cervix, extending bilaterally to the pelvic side walls. A biopsy of the cervix revealed granulocytic sarcoma, and a subsequent bone marrow biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of AML.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The majority of patients with cervical granulocytic sarcoma present with vaginal bleeding, sometimes with abdominal pain and other systemic symptoms. The overall 2-year survival rates for all patients with granulocytic sarcoma in the literature is 6%, and none of the patients lived 5 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Granulocytic sarcoma of the cervix is rare. Awareness of this entity will allow earlier diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
authors: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2.
authors: Bhuvan
authors: B
authors: Pathak
authors: Ilan
authors: I
authors: Bruchim
authors: Marie-Laure
authors: ML
authors: Brisson
authors: Wahbi
authors: W
authors: Hammouda
authors: Carl
authors: C
authors: Bloom
authors: Walter H
authors: WH
authors: Gotlieb
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis*; D023981:Sarcoma, Myeloid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*