Myeloid sarcoma of maxillary sinus
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Pathology and Oncology - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
We report a case of isolated myeloid sarcoma MS of maxillary sinus in a patient who had no evidence of leukemia at the time of diagnosis of MS A 39 year old healthy woman presented with right cheek swelling of one year duration CT scan of paranasal sinuses showed an illdefined heterogenously enhancing soft tissue density lesion in relation to right maxilla CT findings suggested the possibility of inflammatory phlegmon with osteomyelitis Biopsy showed a malignant round cell neoplasm which on immunohistochemistry was confirmed to be myeloid sarcoma On follow up one month later her peripheral blood and bone marrow showed features of Acute Myeloid Leukemia which was confirmed to be AML M2 on Flow cytometry The diagnosis of myeloid sarcoma has always been difficult especially when it is presenting in an unusual location in a non leukemic patientKeywords Acute Myeloid Leukemia Maxillary sinus Myeloid sarcoma
Authors and Affiliations
Simi C. M. , K. R. Leenadevi, Boben Thomas
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- EP ID EP473207
- DOI 10.18231/2394-6792.2018.0032
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