title: Granulocytic sarcoma of colon in a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia.
abstract: Granulocytic sarcoma in a patient with acute promyelocytic leukemia (APML) has been described often in the relapse setting, however primary presentation of APML as granulocytic sarcoma is rare. We present a case of a 29 year old male who was evaluated for thrombocytopenia with haematochezia and a diagnosis of acute promyelocytic leukemia was established after the colonic biopsy was reported as a granulocytic sarcoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Narayana Hrudayalaya Multispecialty Hospital & Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center, Bangalore, 560099 India.
authors.forename: Sharat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Damodar
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Narayana Hrudayalaya Multispecialty Hospital & Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center, Bangalore, 560099 India.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Prashantha
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomical Pathology, Narayana Hrudayalaya Multispecialty Hospital & Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center, Bangalore, 560099 India.
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gangoli
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastro-enterology, Narayana Hrudayalaya Multispecialty Hospital & Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center, Bangalore, 560099 India.
authors.forename: Gayathri
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gopalakrishnan
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, Narayana Hrudayalaya Multispecialty Hospital & Mazumdar Shaw Cancer Center, Bangalore, 560099 India.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Jayanthi