Granulocytic sarcoma masquerading as Ewing's sarcoma: A diagnostic dilemma
An eleven-year-old boy presented with a swelling in his left elbow. Radiologically the features were that of an Ewing′s sarcoma involving the ulna. Histopathology showed small round cell tumor strongly positive for Monoclonal Imperial Cancer research fund 2 (MIC2) antigen. Similar cells in the bone...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of cancer research and therapeutics 2008-07, Vol.4 (3), p.137-139 |
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Zusammenfassung: | An eleven-year-old boy presented with a swelling in his left elbow.
Radiologically the features were that of an Ewing′s sarcoma
involving the ulna. Histopathology showed small round cell tumor
strongly positive for Monoclonal Imperial Cancer research fund 2 (MIC2)
antigen. Similar cells in the bone marrow were involved with MIC2
positivity. The patient developed skin lesions, which on biopsy were
found to be chloromas. The initial biopsies were reevaluated with
special stains revealing granulocytic sarcomas in acute myeloid
leukemia masquerading as Ewing′s due to its MIC2 positivity. The
possibility of myeloid neoplasms should be considered routinely with
known MIC2 positive round cell tumors. |
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ISSN: | 0973-1482 1998-4138 |
DOI: | 10.4103/0973-1482.43150 |