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Unusual case of paraplegia

Paraplegia due to a spinal cord epidural mass is an extremely rare presentation of undiagnosed leukemia. We are reporting a case of 14-year-old girl, who presented with paraplegia due to thoracic epidural mass, as the initial presenting manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia. Granulocytic sarcoma o...

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Autores principales: Amalraj, Prem, Syamlal, S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2824938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20174502
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.56321
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description Paraplegia due to a spinal cord epidural mass is an extremely rare presentation of undiagnosed leukemia. We are reporting a case of 14-year-old girl, who presented with paraplegia due to thoracic epidural mass, as the initial presenting manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia. Granulocytic sarcoma or chloroma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an epidural mass in patients with or with out leukemia granulocytic sarcoma, which are rare extramedullary tumor-like proliferation of myelogenous precursor cells that may de novo precede acute leukemia or coincide with the first manifestation or relapse of acute myeloid leukemia.
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spelling pubmed-28249382010-02-21 Unusual case of paraplegia Amalraj, Prem Syamlal, S. Ann Indian Acad Neurol Case Report Paraplegia due to a spinal cord epidural mass is an extremely rare presentation of undiagnosed leukemia. We are reporting a case of 14-year-old girl, who presented with paraplegia due to thoracic epidural mass, as the initial presenting manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia. Granulocytic sarcoma or chloroma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an epidural mass in patients with or with out leukemia granulocytic sarcoma, which are rare extramedullary tumor-like proliferation of myelogenous precursor cells that may de novo precede acute leukemia or coincide with the first manifestation or relapse of acute myeloid leukemia. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2824938/ /pubmed/20174502 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-2327.56321 Text en © Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2824938/
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