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ONE MINUTE OPHTHALMOLOGY
Year : 2019  |  Volume : 67  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 324

To prick or to poke?


1 Department of Orbit, Oculoplasty, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Services, Aditya Birla Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2 Department of Orbit Oculoplasty Reconstructive and Aesthetic Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Medical Research Foundation, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Date of Web Publication18-Feb-2019

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Dr. Md. Shahid Alam
Department of Orbit, Oculoplasty, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Services, Aditya Birla Sankara Nethralaya, Mukundapur, EM Bypass, Kolkata - 700 099, West Bengal
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_763_18

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  Case Top


A 15-year-old male presented with gross proptosis of right eye for the past 3 weeks. On presentation, visual acuity in the right eye was just perception of light while it was 20/20 in the left eye. Right eye was grossly proptosed with severe exposure keratopathy and surrounding conjunctival chemosis [Figure 1]a. A firm mass was palpable in the superior quadrant of the orbit. Computed tomography scan was suggestive of bilateral well-defined isodense mass lesion in the superior extraconal space with dural-based masses in the frontal and parietal lobes [Figure 1]b. Patient had been extensively investigated 2 weeks back by a local ophthalmologist and the blood investigation revealed severe microcytic hypochromic anemia (hemoglobin 6 gm/dl). However, there were no abnormal white blood cells in the peripheral smear.
Figure 1: (a) External photograph showing gross proptosis of the right eye with severe exposure keratopathy, and (b) computed tomography scan of the orbit, coronal cuts, showing bilateral isodense orbital mass in the superior extraconal space

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  What Is Your Next Step? Top


  1. Refer the patient to a hematologist to build up hemoglobin and plan for incisional biopsy
  2. Urgent incisional biopsy under local anesthesia
  3. Bone marrow biopsy
  4. Repeat peripheral blood smear



  Findings Top


Repeat peripheral bloods smear revealed blast cells with multiple nucleoli and  Auer rods More Details suggestive of acute myeloid leukemia [Figure 2]a and [Figure 2]b. The patient was referred to a hematooncologist for further management.
Figure 2: (a) Peripheral blood smear showing numerous blast cells with prominent nucleoli, and (b) peripheral blood smear with blast cell demonstrating Auer rod

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  Diagnosis Top


Orbital granulocytic sarcoma

Correct Answer: D.


  Discussion Top


Granulocytic sarcoma is a childhood malignancy mostly seen in less than 10 years of age. It is seen in 3–5% of patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).[1] When granulocytic sarcoma occurs in the absence of AML (aleukemic leukemia), it is known as de novo granulocytic sarcoma.[1] De novo orbital granulocytic sarcoma is rare, and in all such cases, both the peripheral blood smear and bone marrow biopsy are normal, while biopsy from the orbital mass suggests granulocytic sarcoma.[2],[3] Although the mean duration after which leukemia develops in a case of de novo granulocytic sarcoma has been reported to be 10.5 months,[4] it is always advisable to repeat the peripheral blood smear in all cases where the index of suspicion is high even if the report had been normal in the recent past. This simple test precludes the need of an orbital biopsy.

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Conflicts of interest

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  References Top

1.
Inoue D, Nagai Y, Kimura T, Shimoji S, Mori M, Togami K, et al. Refractory de novo myeloid sarcoma: A case report and therapeutic strategy based on bone marrow minimal residual disease. Int J Hematol 2009;90:120-3.  Back to cited text no. 1
    
2.
Isik P, Tavil B, Tunç B, Yarali N, Demir A, Cetin M, et al. Extramedullary orbital granulocytic sarcoma without bone marrow involvement: A report of two cases. Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2011;28:65-70.  Back to cited text no. 2
    
3.
Lee SG, Park TS, Cheong JW, Yang WI, Song J, Lee KA, et al. Preceding orbital granulocytic sarcoma in an adult patient with acute myelogenous leukemia with t (8;21): A case study and review of the literature. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 2008;185:51-4.  Back to cited text no. 3
    
4.
Zimmerman LE, Font RL. Ophthalmologic manifestations of granulocytic sarcoma (myeloid sarcoma or chloroma). The Third Pan American Association of Ophthalmology and American Journal of Ophthalmology Lecture. Am J Ophthalmol 1975;80:975-90.  Back to cited text no. 4
    


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