Chloroma: A Case Report

Maxillo-ethmoidal chloroma in acute myeloid leukaemia: case report.

Chloroma, also called Granulocytic Sarcoma or Myeloid Sarcoma, is a rare malignant extra-medullary neoplasm of myeloid precursor cells. It is usually associated with myelo-proliferative disorders but its appearance may precede the onset of leukaemia. Chloroma may be found in several extracranial sites. Involvement of the head and neck region is uncommon. Differential diagnosis is often difficul...

Spinal Myeloid Sarcoma “Chloroma” Presenting as Cervical Radiculopathy: Case Report

Study Design Case report. Objective Myeloid sarcoma (also known as chloroma) is a rare, extramedullary tumor composed of immature granulocytic cells. It may occur early in the course of acute or chronic leukemia or myeloproliferative disorders. Spinal cord invasion by myeloid sarcoma is rare. The authors report a rare case of spinal myeloid sarcoma presenting as cervical radiculopathy. Methods ...

Recurrent Neurotropic Chloroma: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature

We are reporting a case of a young woman with acute myelogenous leukemia status postallogeneic transplantation who developed multiply recurrent chloromas occurring along peripheral nerves in the absence of bone marrow relapse, all treated with radiation therapy. The patient is currently free of disease nearly four years after her first posttransplant chloroma. The case presented is unique for i...

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

A Case of Chloroma with Pathological Report, and Some Notes Descriptive of the Disease

At the November meeting of the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society I exhibited a little boy suffering from that exceedingly rare disease?chloroma. The child subsequently succumbed to the disease, and I propose in the following remarks to give a record of the case, together with an account of the necropsy, and some notes of the interesting condition from which the boy suffered. J. D., aged 5 ye...