Prostatic extramedullary leukemia as a first site of relapse of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia

Urol Oncol. 2005 Nov-Dec;23(6):419-21. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2005.03.021.

Abstract

Extramedullary leukemia (EML) is an uncommon clinical diagnosis in patients with acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL). Prostatic EML as a first site of ANLL relapse is even more rare. To our knowledge, only three cases have been reported. We describe an additional case of prostatic EML as a site of ANLL relapse. An asymptomatic male in ANLL remission was found to have a normal prostate-specific antigen (PSA) and a myeloid leukemic infiltrate in a newly diagnosed prostate nodule. Staging was negative for ANLL relapse. Local prostate radiation resolved the nodule, and the post-treatment needle biopsies were negative. He subsequently developed clinical relapse in bone marrow, blood, and small bowel and received salvage chemotherapy with mitoxantrone and etoposide.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Humans
  • Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / pathology*
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / secondary*