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Isolated Intracranial Granulocytic Sarcoma as a Relapse Following Unrelated Bone Marrow Transplantation for Myelodysplastic Syndrome in a 1 Year-Old Infant
Kyung Ran Son, Hoon Kook, So Youn Kim, Hee Jo Back, Seok Joo Kim, Ha Young Noh, Mi Jeong Kim, Ic Sun Choi, Shin Jeong, Jong Hee Nam, Tai Ju Hwang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2004;47(9):1008-1012.   Published online September 15, 2004
Isolated relapse of myeloid leukemia as a granulocytic sarcoma(GS) following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation(BMT) is very rare manifestation, and usually associated with a poor prognosis. We report a case of isolated intracranial GS in an infant with myelodysplastic syndrome(MDS) following unrelated BMT. A 7 month-old girl was diagnosed with refractory anemia with excess blasts (RAEB). During observation for a couple...