[30 year-old patient with multiple pelvic lesions and fecal incontinence].
In a 30 year-old patient with subacute loss of bowel control and perianal anesthesia radiologic examination showed multiple bone lesions. The results of a bone marrow aspiration showed acute myeloid leukemia M2 with translocation t(8,21) associated with granulocytic sarcoma. The patient was treated with high dose chemotherapy and had a complete remission after autologous stem cell transplantation.
Schanz
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Medizinische Klinik A, Klinikum Ludwigshafen, Bremserstrasse 79, 67063, Ludwigshafen, Deutschland. schanz.jurik@t-online.de
Weiss
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Henrich
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Bohrer
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Uppenkamp
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D000328:Adult; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D016896:Treatment Outcome