Orbital Granulocytic Sarcoma (Chloroma) as Initial Manifestation Of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia

Unilateral Ptosis as Initial Manifestation of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Abstract Background In Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML), malignant clones of immature myeloid cells (primarily blasts) proliferate, replace bone marrow, circulate in blood and invade other tissues. The unique presentation of unilateral ptosis and unilateral eyelid swelling in AML has been reported during the present study. Case Report A 7-year-old girl was encountered with progressively increa...

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

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.

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...

Proptosis as a manifestation of acute myeloid leukaemia

Orbital or subconjunctival infiltration occurs frequently in acute and chronic lymphatic leukaemia, but only rarely in myelogenous leukaemia (Chatterjee and Sen, I 960). Chloroma, an atypical form of myeloblastic leukaemia, often manifests itself as a localized mass in the orbital periosteum, and the proptosis produced in such cases may be the first sign of the disease (Goodman and Iverson, I94...