[30 year-old patient with multiple pelvic lesions and fecal incontinence]

Internist (Berl). 2009 Sep;50(9):1155, 1157-60. doi: 10.1007/s00108-009-2342-x.
[Article in German]

Abstract

In a 30 year-old patient with subacute loss of bowel control and perianal anesthesia radiologic examination showed multiple bone lesions. The results of a bone marrow aspiration showed acute myeloid leukemia M2 with translocation t(8,21) associated with granulocytic sarcoma. The patient was treated with high dose chemotherapy and had a complete remission after autologous stem cell transplantation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Fecal Incontinence / diagnosis
  • Fecal Incontinence / etiology
  • Fecal Incontinence / prevention & control*
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / diagnosis*
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / surgery*
  • Male
  • Pelvic Neoplasms / complications
  • Pelvic Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Pelvic Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Treatment Outcome