Granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) of the lung

Gallium-67 Scan in Granulocytic Sarcoma (Chloroma)

Received 10/21/2000; revised 11/14/2000; accepted 11/21/2000 For correspondence or reprints contact: Dong-Ling You, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen Cancer Center, 125, Lih-Der Road, Pei-Tou District, Taipei, Taiwan. Tel: (886)2-28970011 ext. 1110, Fax: (886)2-28971100, E-mail: [email protected] Granulocytic sarcoma is an extramedullary tumor of myeloproliferative precurso...

Chloroma/Granulocytic Sarcoma: Abdominal & Pelvic Presentation of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia

There is limited literature documenting granulocytic sarcoma of the colon. We report a case of a 28 year-old female with a colonic granulocystic sarcoma of the colon as a complication of AML, as it is an important consideration with surgical management of typhilitis.

Intracranial granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) in a nonleukemic patient.

Chloroma is a granulocytic sarcoma with it's characteristic greenish color. Recently there is an increased number of cases that are apparently aleukemic when the tumor mass is first presented. Recently we experienced a case of granulocytic sarcoma with characteristic green color (chloroma), which showed no evidence of leukemia in the bone marrow and peripheral blood. This patient presented head...

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Presenting as Granulocytic Sarcoma (Chloroma) of the Tongue: A Case Report

A Case of Orbital Granulocytic Sarcoma (Chloroma) Well Responded to the Treatment

Granulocytic sarcoma (GS), myeloid sarcoma (MS) or extra medullary leukemic deposits is an unusual manifestation of AML, accounting for about 3% of acute leukaemia’s. GS may occur as a manifestation of a systemic myelogenic leukaemia or it may precede systemic manifestations of peripheral blood and bone marrow. When GS precedes the development of systemic leukemia the diagnosis can be difficult...