ACUTE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA WITH ABNORMAL EOSINOPHILS PRESENTING ASAN OVARIAN MASS - A REPORT OF 2 CASES AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
DRINKARD LC WAGGONER S STEIN RN BYRNE RA LARSON RA
Citation
Lc. Drinkard et al., ACUTE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA WITH ABNORMAL EOSINOPHILS PRESENTING ASAN OVARIAN MASS - A REPORT OF 2 CASES AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Gynecologic oncology, 56(2), 1995, pp. 307-311
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Oncology,"Obsetric & Gynecology
Journal title
Gynecologic oncology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00908258
Volume
56
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
307 - 311
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-8258(1995)56:2<307:AMLWAE>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Acute myelomonocytic leukemia is a neoplastic blood disease that can o ccur as an extramedullary tumor called a granulocytic sarcoma. Granulo cytic sarcoma can be the presenting feature of acute leukemia and can occur as an abdominal or pelvic mass. Two cases of granulocytic sarcom as presenting as ovarian masses in patients with acute myelomonocytic leukemia with a characteristic inversion of chromosome 16 are describe d and the current literature regarding treatment and prognosis is revi ewed. (C) 1955 Academic Press, Inc.