Osman H, Gism Elseed I, Hussein SB, Mando N, Alraheili AA. Paraplegia as a Rare Clinical Presentation of Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Cureus 2023;
15:e41421. [PMID:
37546146 PMCID:
PMC10403294 DOI:
10.7759/cureus.41421]
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Abstract
Myeloid sarcoma, also known as granulocytic sarcoma or chloroma, is an extra-medullary accumulation of malignant myeloid blast cells, leading to a solid tumor formation. Herein, we report a rare presentation of a case with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), whose disease relapse was clinically evident as acute flaccid paraplegia with a certain sensory level. On thoracic spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), an epidural mass compressing the spinal cord at the level of the thoracic spine segment 4 (T4) was found. The mass histology confirmed the diagnosis of myeloid sarcoma.
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