Clinical commentary: granulocytic fragments in sepsis.

Clinical commentary Fish oil - containing lipid emulsions in patients with sepsis

Isolation and characterization of two European strains of Ehrlichia phagocytophila of equine origin.

We report the isolation and partial genetic characterization of two equine strains of granulocytic Ehrlichia of the genogroup Ehrlichia phagocytophila. Frozen whole-blood samples from two Swedish horses with laboratory-verified granulocytic ehrlichiosis were inoculated into HL-60 cell cultures. Granulocytic Ehrlichia was isolated and propagated from both horses. DNA extracts from the respective...

A case of donor-derived granulocytic sarcoma after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

The occurrence of granulocytic sarcoma as a pattern of relapse after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is rare. In this paper, we report a rare case of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) relapsed as a granulocytic sarcoma of the donor type. The patient was diagnosed as having AML and underwent an allo-HSCT from his matched sibling donor. Fifty-seven months after allo-HSCT...

Isolated Granulocytic Sarcoma of the Breast after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation: A Rare Involvement Also Detected by 18FDG-PET/CT

Granulocytic sarcoma is a tumor consisting of myeloid blasts with or without maturation that occurs at an anatomical site other than bone marrow. Most frequently affected sites are skin, lymph nodes, gastrointestinal tract, bone, soft tissue and testes. AML may manifest as granulocytic sarcoma at diagnosis or relapse. Although it has been considered to be rare relapse as granulocytic sarcoma af...

Megadose methylprednisolone for granulocytic sarcoma.

Kaya et al.’s [1] case report entitled “Granulocytic sarcoma after stem-cell transplantation in a child with biphenotypic leukemia” gives me an opportunity to remind physicians that short-course megadose methylprednisolone (MDMP; daily, 30 mg/kg for 3 days then 20 mg/kg for 4 days) has been effectively used in the treatment of granulocytic sarcoma (GS) [2-4]. With this treatment, extramedullary...