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Extramedullary Leukemia, Presenting at the Cervix of the Uterus
Extramedullary relapse of leukemia is encountered more often than in the past. The reason is that leukemia survival rates increase with improved treatment schemes. We present a rare case of involvement of the cervix of the uterus in an adult B Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (B-ALL) survivor. Relapses af...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7479477/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32934855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8492036 |
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author | Tsagkas, Nikolaos Troussa, Androniki Vorgias, George Tzaida, Olympia Zagorianakou, Nektaria Gonidi, Maria |
author_facet | Tsagkas, Nikolaos Troussa, Androniki Vorgias, George Tzaida, Olympia Zagorianakou, Nektaria Gonidi, Maria |
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description | Extramedullary relapse of leukemia is encountered more often than in the past. The reason is that leukemia survival rates increase with improved treatment schemes. We present a rare case of involvement of the cervix of the uterus in an adult B Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (B-ALL) survivor. Relapses affect various organs but rarely the female genital tract. Nevertheless, in this case, a woman with a history of induced amenorrhea due to treatment for leukemia presented to the gynecologist because of vaginal spotting. Colposcopy evaluation of the vagina/cervix, sonography and cytological and histological sampling established the diagnosis of leukemia relapse in the cervix of the uterus. Under these circumstances, our study highlights the rare extramedullary presentation of leukemia in the cervix of the uterus of a young lady considered to be disease-free and listed for bone marrow transplantation. In this rare case of relapse in the cervix of the uterus, Pap smears alarmed physicians, and radiology examinations assisted the diagnostic workup. Still, only biopsy, microscopic evaluation, and immunohistochemistry studies established the exact diagnosis. Prognosis in the situation of extramedullary disease relapse in the female genital tract was poor, but gynecologists' high suspicion led to a prompt diagnosis. Survival is in general limited, but together with high suspicion, multidisciplinary team involvement is imperative to improve the reduced chances of survival. |
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spelling | pubmed-74794772020-09-14 Extramedullary Leukemia, Presenting at the Cervix of the Uterus Tsagkas, Nikolaos Troussa, Androniki Vorgias, George Tzaida, Olympia Zagorianakou, Nektaria Gonidi, Maria Case Rep Obstet Gynecol Case Report Extramedullary relapse of leukemia is encountered more often than in the past. The reason is that leukemia survival rates increase with improved treatment schemes. We present a rare case of involvement of the cervix of the uterus in an adult B Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (B-ALL) survivor. Relapses affect various organs but rarely the female genital tract. Nevertheless, in this case, a woman with a history of induced amenorrhea due to treatment for leukemia presented to the gynecologist because of vaginal spotting. Colposcopy evaluation of the vagina/cervix, sonography and cytological and histological sampling established the diagnosis of leukemia relapse in the cervix of the uterus. Under these circumstances, our study highlights the rare extramedullary presentation of leukemia in the cervix of the uterus of a young lady considered to be disease-free and listed for bone marrow transplantation. In this rare case of relapse in the cervix of the uterus, Pap smears alarmed physicians, and radiology examinations assisted the diagnostic workup. Still, only biopsy, microscopic evaluation, and immunohistochemistry studies established the exact diagnosis. Prognosis in the situation of extramedullary disease relapse in the female genital tract was poor, but gynecologists' high suspicion led to a prompt diagnosis. Survival is in general limited, but together with high suspicion, multidisciplinary team involvement is imperative to improve the reduced chances of survival. Hindawi 2020-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC7479477/ /pubmed/32934855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8492036 Text en Copyright © 2020 Nikolaos Tsagkas et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Tsagkas, Nikolaos Troussa, Androniki Vorgias, George Tzaida, Olympia Zagorianakou, Nektaria Gonidi, Maria Extramedullary Leukemia, Presenting at the Cervix of the Uterus |
title | Extramedullary Leukemia, Presenting at the Cervix of the Uterus |
title_full | Extramedullary Leukemia, Presenting at the Cervix of the Uterus |
title_fullStr | Extramedullary Leukemia, Presenting at the Cervix of the Uterus |
title_full_unstemmed | Extramedullary Leukemia, Presenting at the Cervix of the Uterus |
title_short | Extramedullary Leukemia, Presenting at the Cervix of the Uterus |
title_sort | extramedullary leukemia, presenting at the cervix of the uterus |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7479477/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32934855 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8492036 |
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