Extra medullary infiltration of lymph node in acute myeloid leukemia – A case report
Extra medullary infiltration [EMI] occurs more in myelomonoblastic subtypes of AML. Leukemic blasts infiltrates various organs, tissues, liver, spleen, gums, CNS and lymph node. Extra medullary infiltration occurs in 12% cases of AML. We report a case of lymph nodal mass in a 48 year female patient diagnosed on fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) as extra medullary infiltration.
Authors
- J Johnsy Merla
- K Swaminathan
- G Priya
- R. Sindhuja (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7334-462X)
- I Deepika
Institutions
- Tirunelveli Medical College (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IP Archives of Cytology and Histopathology Research
- Published
- 2024-12-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.18231/j.achr.2024.044
- Primary Topic
- Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00