[Central nervous system granulocytic sarcoma after bone marrow transplant: case report]. / Sarcoma granulocítico de sistema nervoso central pós transplante de medula óssea: relato de caso.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 60(3-B): 852-5, 2002 Sep.
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em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12364961
Granulocytic sarcoma is a solid tumor, composed by granulocytic precursor cells at various levels of differentiation, located at an extra-medullary site. It is associated with acute myeloid leukemia, and its presence reveals a bad prognostic factor. The treatment usually consists of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. A case of an intracranial granulocytic sarcoma occurring six months after a bone marrow transplant in a patient with acute myeloid leukemia is reported. The patient presented with headache and left hemiplegia caused by a large fronto-parietal lesion with significant mass effect. After a complete surgical resection there was a full recovery of the deficit. The patient completed radiotherapy and chemotherapy with no evidence of disease after three months of follow-up. Surgery is indicated in the presence of progressive neurological deficit. Surgical decompression may provide rapid improvement and therefore, affect quality of survival.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Sarcoma Mieloide
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Pt
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Arq Neuropsiquiatr
Ano de publicação:
2002
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Article
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Brasil
País de publicação:
Alemanha