A Case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (FAB M2) with Inversion 16 Who Presented with Pelvic Myeloid Sarcoma

Acute leukemias are the most common childhood cancer in all age groups. Acute myeloid leukemias (AML) constitute about 15–20% of acute leukemias. Fatigability, pallor, fever, and bleeding are the most common presenting symptoms of AML. Hepatosplenomegaly and lymphadenopathy are commonly encountered...

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Main Authors: Mustafa Çakan, Ahmet Koç, Kıvılcım Cerit, Süheyla Bozkurt, Rabia Ergelen, Irmak Vural
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Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pediatrics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/246169
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Ahmet Koç
Kıvılcım Cerit
Süheyla Bozkurt
Rabia Ergelen
Irmak Vural
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Ahmet Koç
Kıvılcım Cerit
Süheyla Bozkurt
Rabia Ergelen
Irmak Vural
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description Acute leukemias are the most common childhood cancer in all age groups. Acute myeloid leukemias (AML) constitute about 15–20% of acute leukemias. Fatigability, pallor, fever, and bleeding are the most common presenting symptoms of AML. Hepatosplenomegaly and lymphadenopathy are commonly encountered during physical examination. In rare instances eruptions due to skin involvement and localized tumor masses (myeloid sarcoma) may be found. Myeloid sarcoma is especially seen in AML-M2 subtype. By cytogenetic analysis, in AML-M2 subtype t(8;21) is often seen and it is more probable to find inversion 16 in AML-M4Eos subtype. Herein, we present a 15-year-old girl whose initial symptom was abdominal pain for three days and her pathological sign was a large abdominal mass which was verified by imaging studies and diagnosed as myeloid sarcoma by biopsy. On bone marrow examination, she had diagnosis of AML-M2 and by cytogenetic analysis inversion 16 was positive. She was treated with AML-BFM 2004 protocol and she is being followed up in remission on her ninth month of the maintenance therapy.
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spelling doaj-art-d7a56bef50cf4deda9ebbf05dfb69ed92025-08-20T02:20:59ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112014-01-01201410.1155/2014/246169246169A Case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (FAB M2) with Inversion 16 Who Presented with Pelvic Myeloid SarcomaMustafa Çakan0Ahmet Koç1Kıvılcım Cerit2Süheyla Bozkurt3Rabia Ergelen4Irmak Vural5Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Pendik, 34899 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Pendik, 34899 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Pendik, 34899 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Pendik, 34899 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Pendik, 34899 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Mimar Sinan Caddesi No. 41, Pendik, 34899 Istanbul, TurkeyAcute leukemias are the most common childhood cancer in all age groups. Acute myeloid leukemias (AML) constitute about 15–20% of acute leukemias. Fatigability, pallor, fever, and bleeding are the most common presenting symptoms of AML. Hepatosplenomegaly and lymphadenopathy are commonly encountered during physical examination. In rare instances eruptions due to skin involvement and localized tumor masses (myeloid sarcoma) may be found. Myeloid sarcoma is especially seen in AML-M2 subtype. By cytogenetic analysis, in AML-M2 subtype t(8;21) is often seen and it is more probable to find inversion 16 in AML-M4Eos subtype. Herein, we present a 15-year-old girl whose initial symptom was abdominal pain for three days and her pathological sign was a large abdominal mass which was verified by imaging studies and diagnosed as myeloid sarcoma by biopsy. On bone marrow examination, she had diagnosis of AML-M2 and by cytogenetic analysis inversion 16 was positive. She was treated with AML-BFM 2004 protocol and she is being followed up in remission on her ninth month of the maintenance therapy.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/246169
spellingShingle Mustafa Çakan
Ahmet Koç
Kıvılcım Cerit
Süheyla Bozkurt
Rabia Ergelen
Irmak Vural
A Case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (FAB M2) with Inversion 16 Who Presented with Pelvic Myeloid Sarcoma
Case Reports in Pediatrics
title A Case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (FAB M2) with Inversion 16 Who Presented with Pelvic Myeloid Sarcoma
title_full A Case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (FAB M2) with Inversion 16 Who Presented with Pelvic Myeloid Sarcoma
title_fullStr A Case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (FAB M2) with Inversion 16 Who Presented with Pelvic Myeloid Sarcoma
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (FAB M2) with Inversion 16 Who Presented with Pelvic Myeloid Sarcoma
title_short A Case of Acute Myeloid Leukemia (FAB M2) with Inversion 16 Who Presented with Pelvic Myeloid Sarcoma
title_sort case of acute myeloid leukemia fab m2 with inversion 16 who presented with pelvic myeloid sarcoma
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/246169
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