CASE REPORT
Year : 2016  |  Volume : 9  |  Issue : 5  |  Page : 651-653

Fine needle aspiration cytology of myeloid sarcoma presenting as soft tissue swelling


1 Department of Pathology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra  Pradesh, India
2 Department of Medical Oncology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra  Pradesh, India
3 Department of Surgical Oncology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati, Andhra  Pradesh, India

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Rashmi Patnayak
Department of Pathology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati - 517 507, Andhra Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.192150

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Myeloid sarcoma is rare. It is a tumor of immature myeloid cells. We present one such case where the patient presented with a soft tissue swelling in the thigh. The fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) was reported as myeloid sarcoma. Simultaneously, the patient was subjected to routine hematological examination which revealed chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase. The diagnosis was further confirmed by bone marrow aspiration and cytogenetic study. This case emphasizes FNAC as the easy, rapid, and cost-effective method of diagnosis. The patient was subsequently treated and is currently under follow-up. Hereby, we are presenting an uncommon case of myeloid sarcoma with brief literature review and discussion about the differential diagnoses.


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