Amalraj Prem, Syamlal S
Department of Neurology, Kerala Institute Medical Science, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Ann Indian Acad Neurol. 2009 Jul;12(3):188-90. doi: 10.4103/0972-2327.56321.
Paraplegia due to a spinal cord epidural mass is an extremely rare presentation of undiagnosed leukemia. We are reporting a case of 14-year-old girl, who presented with paraplegia due to thoracic epidural mass, as the initial presenting manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia. Granulocytic sarcoma or chloroma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of an epidural mass in patients with or with out leukemia granulocytic sarcoma, which are rare extramedullary tumor-like proliferation of myelogenous precursor cells that may de novo precede acute leukemia or coincide with the first manifestation or relapse of acute myeloid leukemia.
因脊髓硬膜外肿块导致的截瘫是未确诊白血病极为罕见的表现形式。我们报告一例14岁女孩,她因胸段硬膜外肿块出现截瘫,这是急性髓系白血病的首发表现。对于有或无白血病的硬膜外肿块患者,鉴别诊断时应考虑粒细胞肉瘤或绿色瘤,粒细胞肉瘤是骨髓源性前体细胞罕见的髓外肿瘤样增殖,可在急性白血病之前新发出现,或与急性髓系白血病的首发表现或复发同时出现。