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Disseminated granulocytic sarcoma treated with allogeneic peripheral blood stem-cell transplantation.

Abstract
Primary granulocytic sarcoma is a rare disorder that presents as an extramedullary myeloid cell tumour. In this case, we describe a 35-year-old woman who developed widely disseminated granulocytic sarcomas three months after she received local radiotherapy to a primary granulocytic sarcoma of the cervical spine. These disseminated sarcomas initially responded to combination chemotherapy but this approach was only partly successful as the woman was left with increasing residual disease in the mediastinum. She was then treated with an allogeneic peripheral blood stem-cell transplant that led to complete resolution of her disease. This case demonstrates the effectiveness of allogeneic stem-cell transplantation in the treatment of progressive granulocytic sarcoma present after high-dose chemotherapy.
AuthorsW S Stevenson, P C Vincent, H J Iland
JournalLeukemia & lymphoma (Leuk Lymphoma) Vol. 43 Issue 11 Pg. 2221-4 (Nov 2002) ISSN: 1042-8194 [Print] United States
PMID12533051 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
Topics
  • Adult
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Female
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Pleural Effusion, Malignant (diagnostic imaging, therapy)
  • Radionuclide Imaging
  • Remission Induction
  • Sarcoma, Myeloid (diagnostic imaging, pathology, therapy)
  • Transplantation, Homologous

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