@misc{cogprints8859, volume = {10}, number = {4(9)}, month = {January}, author = {AR Sufi and T Singh}, editor = {Dr Srinivas Kakkilaya}, title = {Granulocytic Sarcoma as the First Sign of Acute Leukemia in Childhood}, publisher = {BS Kakkilaya}, year = {2012}, journal = {Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences}, keywords = {Granulocytic sarcoma; Acute myeloid leukemia; Proptosis.}, url = {http://cogprints.org/8859/}, abstract = {Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) may rarely involve the orbit as a solid tumor termed granulocytic sarcoma. This report describes the case of a child who presented with rapidly progressive unilateral proptosis and was diagnosed as rhabdomyosarcoma. However subsequent examination of the peripheral blood film revealed AML. Thus proptosis may present as the initial manifestation of AML. } }