An Unusual Presentation of Acute Mveloid Leukaernia with Pericardial and Pleural Effusions Due to Granulocytic Sarcoma

Kanchan Rege Leukaemia Unit and Department of Histopathology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, UK

Raymond Powles Leukaemia Unit and Department of Histopathology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, UK

Jane Norton Leukaemia Unit and Department of Histopathology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, UK

Premini Mahendra Leukaemia Unit and Department of Histopathology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, UK

Paul Mitchell Leukaemia Unit and Department of Histopathology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, UK

Sam Agrawal Leukaemia Unit and Department of Histopathology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, UK

Jayesh Mehta Leukaemia Unit and Department of Histopathology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, UK

Jennie Treleaven Leukaemia Unit and Department of Histopathology, Royal Marsden Hospital, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey, UK

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Abstract

We describe a case of acute myeloid leukaemia (Mo) presenting with pericardial and pleural effusions due to a granulocytic sarcoma adherent to the thymus gland situated in the anterior mediastinum. This has not been described previously in the setting of AML Mo.

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