Acute mastoiditis with facial paralysis as initial symptom of acute myeloid leukemia relapse: a rare case report

Abstract Background Extramedullary involvement of leukemia usually occurs in the skin and central nervous system. Isolated leukemic involvement of the temporal bone is a very uncommon situation, and it is seen frequently concomitant to hematologic or molecular relapse. Case presentation An 8-year-ol...

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Main Authors: Levent Yücel, Hazan Başak, Süha Beton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-04-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43163-021-00098-6