FACIAL-NERVE PARALYSIS IN ACUTE OTOMASTOIDITIS AS PRESENTING SYMPTOM OF FAB-M2, T8-21 LEUKEMIC RELAPSE - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) is a rare solid, extramedullary tumour composed of immature granulocytes, occurring during granulocytic leuk emia. Leukemic involvement of the temporal bone is not uncommon and ma y present in a variety of ways. Symptomatic facial nerve paralysis is one of these. The authors report a case of facial nerve paralysis as t he presenting symptom of leukemic relapse in a 16-year-old white male, affected by acute myelogenous leukemia FAB M2, karyotype 46xy, T8;21.