L5 Sciatica as First Symptom of a Granulocytic Sarcoma
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Antoni Rafecas Renau; Beatriz Yoldi; Daniel Roig-Vilaseca; Agusti Pedro; Roser Garriga; Isabel Trias
- Source
- Acta Oncologica. 33:83-84
- Subject
- Male
Sciatica
medicine.medical_specialty
Lumbar Vertebrae
Myeloid
Lumbar radiculopathy
business.industry
Immature cells
Hematology
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Oncology
Leukemia, Myeloid
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Lumbar spine
Sarcoma
medicine.symptom
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1651-226X
0284-186X
Granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) consists of immature cells from the myeloid series. It usually arises as part of a known hematological disorder, although in some cases it appears as an isolated mass. We know of few cases where it presents with lumbar radiculopathy as the first symptom (1–3). We now report such a case.