Educational Case: Myeloid Sarcoma: A Subtype of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Ananya Datta Mitra; Nam Kyun Ku; Elham Vali Betts

doi:10.1177/2374289520956361

Educational Case: Myeloid Sarcoma: A Subtype of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Acad Pathol. 2020 Sep 21:7:2374289520956361. doi: 10.1177/2374289520956361. eCollection 2020 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Ananya Datta Mitra¹, Nam Kyun Ku², Elham Vali Betts¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Sacramento, CA, USA.

Abstract

The following fictional case is intended as a learning tool within the Pathology Competencies for Medical Education (PCME), a set of national standards for teaching pathology. These are divided into three basic competencies: Disease Mechanisms and Processes, Organ System Pathology, and Diagnostic Medicine and Therapeutic Pathology. For additional information, and a full list of learning objectives for all three competencies, see http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2374289517715040.¹.

Keywords: Myeloid sarcoma; classification of acute myeloid leukemias; hematopathology; immunohistochemistry; myeloid neoplasia; organ system pathology; pathology competencies; white cell disorder.