Facial Nerve Paralysis and Paraplegia as Presenting Symptoms of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Authors: Bulent Eser¹; Mustafa Cetin¹; Olgun Kontas²; Ali Unal¹; Ozlem Er¹; Hasan Senol Coskun¹; Mustafa Altinbas¹

Source: Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology, Volume 31, Number 2, 1 February 2001 , pp. 86-88(3)

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Abstract:

Granulocytic sarcoma is an extramedullary tumor associated with acute or chronic leukemias or myeloproliferative disorders. Rarely, the tumor may be seen before the diagnosis of leukemia. Symptomatic facial nerve paralysis and spinal cord invasion by granulocytic sarcomas are also relatively uncommon. We present here a 17-year-old-female patient who had facial nerve paralysis and paraplegia due to granulocytic sarcoma as the presenting symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Hematology–Oncology and 2: Pathology, Erciyes University School of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey

Publication date: 2001-02-01

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