title: Epidural Spinal Cord Infiltration: A Rare Complication of Acute Myeloblastic Leukaemia.
abstract: Epidural infiltration by leukemic cells in Acute Non Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ANLL), and extradural granulocytic sarcomas as a cause of spinal cord compression are extremely rare phenomena. Very few cases have been recorded in the literature. In this brief case report we describe a young patient with acute myeloblastic leukemia (M4, FAB) who presented with sudden spinal cord compression during relapse after bone marrow transplantation. The literature on this subject is also reviewed.
authors.affiliation: a Departments of Internal Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Almog
authors.affiliation: b Hematology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ben-Yehuda
keywords: AML; CNS; Epidural infiltration; Leukaemia; Relapse; central nervous system; spinal cord compression