ACUTE EXOPHTHALMUS DUE TO GRANULOCYTIC SA RCOMA (MYELOSARCOMA) IN CHILDHOOD

We studied a rare initial manifestation of granulocytic sarcoma withou t existence of an acute myelocytic leukemia in an 7-year-old child. Fi rst symptom was an acute exophthalmus of the right eye only. Rhabdomyo sarcoma was diagnosed initially by computed tomography. However, histo pathologic analysis of a biopsy of the right orbit demonstrated granul ocytic sarcoma. Spinal fluid, blood and bone marrow smears did not sho w any evidence of acute myelocytic leukemia. The exophthalmus disappea red under chemotherapy with no recurrence for 18 months.