A Journey Across Oceans With a Heavy Heart: Rare Presentation of a Pediatric Malignancy

Myeloid sarcoma, due to extramedullary deposition of myeloblasts, is one of the rare presentations in acute myeloid leukemia. We present an extremely rare case of a 5-year-old boy with cardiac myeloid sarcoma. Noninvasive mode of diagnosis, timely initiation of chemotherapy and meticulous supportive...

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Autores principales: Jayaraman, Dhaarani, Bhurat, Rishab, Rathinasamy, Jebaraj, Shanmugam, Sri Gayathri, Scott, Julius Xavier, Sivaraman, Rajakumar Padur, Sneha, Latha M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8353567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34401764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.03.027
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author Jayaraman, Dhaarani
Bhurat, Rishab
Rathinasamy, Jebaraj
Shanmugam, Sri Gayathri
Scott, Julius Xavier
Sivaraman, Rajakumar Padur
Sneha, Latha M.
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description Myeloid sarcoma, due to extramedullary deposition of myeloblasts, is one of the rare presentations in acute myeloid leukemia. We present an extremely rare case of a 5-year-old boy with cardiac myeloid sarcoma. Noninvasive mode of diagnosis, timely initiation of chemotherapy and meticulous supportive care are the keys to successful outcome. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
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spelling pubmed-83535672021-08-15 A Journey Across Oceans With a Heavy Heart: Rare Presentation of a Pediatric Malignancy Jayaraman, Dhaarani Bhurat, Rishab Rathinasamy, Jebaraj Shanmugam, Sri Gayathri Scott, Julius Xavier Sivaraman, Rajakumar Padur Sneha, Latha M. JACC Case Rep Case Report Myeloid sarcoma, due to extramedullary deposition of myeloblasts, is one of the rare presentations in acute myeloid leukemia. We present an extremely rare case of a 5-year-old boy with cardiac myeloid sarcoma. Noninvasive mode of diagnosis, timely initiation of chemotherapy and meticulous supportive care are the keys to successful outcome. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.) Elsevier 2021-06-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8353567/ /pubmed/34401764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.03.027 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Sivaraman, Rajakumar Padur
Sneha, Latha M.
A Journey Across Oceans With a Heavy Heart: Rare Presentation of a Pediatric Malignancy
title A Journey Across Oceans With a Heavy Heart: Rare Presentation of a Pediatric Malignancy
title_full A Journey Across Oceans With a Heavy Heart: Rare Presentation of a Pediatric Malignancy
title_fullStr A Journey Across Oceans With a Heavy Heart: Rare Presentation of a Pediatric Malignancy
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title_short A Journey Across Oceans With a Heavy Heart: Rare Presentation of a Pediatric Malignancy
title_sort journey across oceans with a heavy heart: rare presentation of a pediatric malignancy
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2021.03.027
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