Acute myeloid leukemia presenting as granulocytic sarcoma of the lung

Acute Myeloid Leukemia Presenting as Intracerebral Granulocytic Sarcoma.

The CNS involvement of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is more commonly manifest as meningeal involvement. Rarely it may present as intravascular tumor aggregates called granulocytic sarcoma which presents as intracranial hemorrhage. We are presenting a case of intracranial, intra-parenchymal granulocytic sarcoma (other names: chloroma, extramedullary myeloblastoma), presenting as acute hemiplegia...

Granulocytic sarcoma of the lung in acute myeloid leukemia.

BACKGROUND Granulocytic sarcoma, an uncommon solid, extra-medullary tumor is a rare presentation of acute myeloid leukemia. CASE CHARACTERISTICS A seven-year old boy admitted to the hospital for treatment of leukemia having radiological findings of consolidation in one lung. OBSERVATION/INTERVENTION A bronchoalveolar lavage was done which was negative for tubercular, bacterial, and fungal i...

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

Granulocytic Sarcoma Presenting as Subconjunctival Mass

  Chloroma or granulocytic sarcoma (GS) is a malignant neoplasm of myeloid lineage that occur in a variety of anatomic sites other than the bone marrow including soft tissue, bone, lymph node, nasal fossa, skin and sometime in the orbit. In the subconjunctiva it is rarely reported. A 4-year-old girl with a history of treated acute myelogenous leukemia was referred to Farabi Eye Hospital, Tehra...

Acute Monoblastic Leukemia Presenting with Multiple Granulocytic Sarcoma Nodules

©Copyright 2017 by Turkish Society of Hematology Turkish Journal of Hematology, Published by Galenos Publishing House A 76-year-old male presented to the department of plastic surgery with multiple nodules on his legs for 1 month. On examination, there were five discrete, violaceous nodules with a size of 0.5-3 cm on the legs (Figure 1). Laboratory tests revealed the following: white blood cell...