Acute Myeloid Leukemia Presenting as a Posterior Fossa Tumor

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2021 Oct 1;43(7):277-278. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000002269.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Infratentorial Neoplasms / complications
  • Infratentorial Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / diagnosis*
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Sarcoma, Myeloid / complications
  • Sarcoma, Myeloid / diagnosis*