Erschienen in:
01.12.2012 | Case Report
Primary Granulocytic Sarcoma of Ovary
verfasst von:
Priyankur Roy, Bivas Biswas, Siva Sankari, Marie Therese Manipadam, Ruby Jose
Erschienen in:
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
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Sonderheft 1/2012
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Excerpt
Granulocytic sarcomas (GS) is a rare extramedullary tumor composed of myeloid progenitor cells. Bones, lymph nodes, and skin are the favored sites of involvement. The orbit, sacrum, para-nasal sinuses, spine, and sternum are frequent sites and multiple other sites of involvement have been reported [
1]. Primary involvement of the ovary is exceedingly rare leading to underdiagnosis of GS [
2] and hence our interest to report this rare event. …