A sixty year old male presented with a swelling in the upper lip. On cytopathology,
the patient was diagnosed as a case of granulocytic sarcoma. His bone marrow examination
was unremarkable. Patient was then treated by radiotherapy alone 30 Gray in 15 fractions
and achieved complete response. Eighteen months after follow up the patient is absolutely
normal. To our knowledge this is the first ever reported case of granulocytic sarcoma
of lip.
Keywords
Granulocytic sarcoma - myeloid leukemia - radiotherapy
