Promyelocytic sarcoma of the right humerus: an unusual clinical presentation with unique diagnostic and treatment considerations

Promyelocytic leukemia is a known medical emergency and requires rapid diagnosis and expedient therapy with differentiating agents. We present an unusual case in which the diagnosis is based on a fine needle aspirate of a humeral mass. Despite lack of systemic involvement, the sarcoma responded to t...

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Autores principales: Sawhney, Sameer, Holtzman, Noa G., Davis, Derik L., Kaizer, Hannah, Giffi, Victoria, Emadi, Ashkan, Koka, Rima
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1212
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author Sawhney, Sameer
Holtzman, Noa G.
Davis, Derik L.
Kaizer, Hannah
Giffi, Victoria
Emadi, Ashkan
Koka, Rima
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spelling pubmed-56762852017-11-17 Promyelocytic sarcoma of the right humerus: an unusual clinical presentation with unique diagnostic and treatment considerations Sawhney, Sameer Holtzman, Noa G. Davis, Derik L. Kaizer, Hannah Giffi, Victoria Emadi, Ashkan Koka, Rima Clin Case Rep Case Reports Promyelocytic leukemia is a known medical emergency and requires rapid diagnosis and expedient therapy with differentiating agents. We present an unusual case in which the diagnosis is based on a fine needle aspirate of a humeral mass. Despite lack of systemic involvement, the sarcoma responded to traditional differentiation agents. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-09-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5676285/ /pubmed/29152290 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1212 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Reports
Sawhney, Sameer
Holtzman, Noa G.
Davis, Derik L.
Kaizer, Hannah
Giffi, Victoria
Emadi, Ashkan
Koka, Rima
Promyelocytic sarcoma of the right humerus: an unusual clinical presentation with unique diagnostic and treatment considerations
title Promyelocytic sarcoma of the right humerus: an unusual clinical presentation with unique diagnostic and treatment considerations
title_full Promyelocytic sarcoma of the right humerus: an unusual clinical presentation with unique diagnostic and treatment considerations
title_fullStr Promyelocytic sarcoma of the right humerus: an unusual clinical presentation with unique diagnostic and treatment considerations
title_full_unstemmed Promyelocytic sarcoma of the right humerus: an unusual clinical presentation with unique diagnostic and treatment considerations
title_short Promyelocytic sarcoma of the right humerus: an unusual clinical presentation with unique diagnostic and treatment considerations
title_sort promyelocytic sarcoma of the right humerus: an unusual clinical presentation with unique diagnostic and treatment considerations
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5676285/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152290
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1212
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