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Down syndrome (DS), characterized by trisomy 21, significantly increases susceptibility to leukemia, although the occurrence of multiple myeloma (MM) in DS is exceedingly rare. This report details the case of a 45-year-old female with DS who was diagnosed with MM, highlighting diagnostic and therapeutic complexities. It emphasizes the importance of tailored therapeutic strategies for treating MM in individuals with DS and the need for specialized approaches in these cases.
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Myeloid sarcoma (MS) is a rare extramedullary infiltration of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We present a case of 19-year-old male with AML-M2 who relapse with AML sarcoma in brain and optic nerve. MS as AML extramedullary relapse had a poor prognosis.
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Extramedullary involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML) is an uncommon relapse. In this case, we present a unique instance of a 43-year-old male diagnosed with CML experiencing a CNS blast crisis.
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Multiple myeloma is a hematological cancer mostly located in the marrow of the vertebrae, pelvis, and thighs. Although the presence of extramedullary disease in the central nervous system is rare, herein, we report a complicated case of multiple myeloma in the spinal cord.