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Case Reports
. 2021 Oct 1;43(7):277-278.
doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000002269.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Presenting as a Posterior Fossa Tumor

Magimairajan Issai Vanan  1 , Jie Li  2 , Martin Bunge  3 , Demitre Serletis  4 , Muhamad Almiski  2 , Sara J Israels  1
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Acute Myeloid Leukemia Presenting as a Posterior Fossa Tumor

Magimairajan Issai Vanan et al. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. .

Abstract

Extramedullary leukemia in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia can manifest as a myeloid sarcoma (MS), also known as granulocytic sarcoma or chloroma, in a variety of sites, or as leukemic blasts in the cerebrospinal fluid. Isolated MS of the central nervous system is rare. We report a case of acute myeloid leukemia with central nervous system-MS presenting as a posterior fossa mass mimicking a primary intracranial tumor.

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