Unusual Tumor Formation in the Tongue of an Acute Myelocytic Leukemia Patient: Report of a case

Autor: Hiromi Naito, Keiya Ozawa, Tadahide Noguchi, Yoshinori Jinbu, Yoko Akasaka
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Oral Medicine & Pathology. 5:53-56
ISSN: 1882-1537
1342-0984
DOI: 10.3353/omp.5.53
Popis: A case of acute myelocytic leukemia with unusual oral manifestation characterized by nodular lesion of the tip of the tongue is reported. The patient was a 31-year-old woman who had been admitted for treatment of recurrent leukemia. Pathologically, the lesion was diagnosed as leukemic cell infiltration. The possible reasons for this localized specific leukemic cell infiltration are discussed.
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