Translational Medicine
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Bilateral orbital myeloid sarcoma preceding acute myeloid leukemia in an adult: Case report and review of the literature

14^th Annual Conference on Translational Medicine and Oncologists Meet

November 28-30, 2016 San Francisco, USA

Mary Mok

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, USA

Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Transl Med

Abstract :

Acute myeloid leukemia is typically a disease of the older population and presents mostly in the fifth decade of life. Myeloid sarcoma is a rare initial presentation of acute myeloid leukemia. Previously, it has only been documented in children and younger patients. We present an unusual case of retro-orbital myeloid sarcoma as an initial presentation of acute myeloid leukemia in a 43 year old male with rearrangement of chromosome 11q23 involving MLL gene. Our case is unique as the cytogenetics involved differs from those previously documented in literature and their impact on the prognosis has not been previously studied. Here we highlight the dilemmas faced in diagnosing this rare variant of acute myeloid leukemia.

Biography :

Mary Mok has completed Medical School from Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela. Currently She is an Internal Medicine PGY-2 at Texas Tech University in Odessa, Texas.

Email: mary.mok@ttuhsc.edu