title: Primary intracerebral myeloid sarcoma.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Myeloid sarcoma rarely presents in the absence of systemic myeloid disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this study, we present a case of intracerebral myeloid sarcoma with no diagnosis of any hematological disease in a 22-year-old male patient in whom brain magnetic resonance image revealed a meningioma. However, biopsy showed myeloid sarcoma. No myeloid disease was determined. The mass disappeared following 8 cycles of chemotherapy. In the literature, we determined only 8 similar cases cited between 1970 and 2011.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Intracerebral myeloid sarcoma has currently no standard treatment and may be confused with a primary brain disease. Chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy are the most viable and widely used treatment modalities. Potential occurrence of hematological disease should also be closely followed due to conversion risks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cukurova, Saricam-Adana, Turkey. mgunaldi@cu.edu.tr
authors.forename: Meral
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gunaldi
authors.forename: Ismail O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Kara
authors.forename: Berna B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Duman
authors.forename: Vehbi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ercolak
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D023981:Sarcoma, Myeloid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult