| Autor: |
Cláudio Esteves, Tatsui, Andrei, Koerbel, Daniel Monte-Serrat, Prevedello, João Candido, Araújo, Léo Fernando Silva, Ditzel, Luis Fernando, Bleggi-Torres |
| Rok vydání: |
2002 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria. 60(3-B) |
| ISSN: |
0004-282X |
| Popis: |
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. |
| Databáze: |
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