Cardiac Valve Granulocytic Sarcoma Infiltration as an Complicating Acute Myelogenous Leukemia: a Case Report

Granulocytic sarcomas (chloromas) are rare extramedullary tumors consisting of primitive granulocytic cells. We report here on a case of a 23-year-old man who presented with a generalized swelling. He is known case of acute myelomonocytic leukemia. Granulocytic sarcomas are rare, destructive, extram...

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Published in:	International Journal of Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Research
Main Authors:	Mohammad Erfan Zare, Ali Maleki, Mehrnoush Aeinfar, Mehrdad Payandeh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012-01-01
Subjects:	AML Cardiac Valve Chloroma
Online Access:	http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/20917.pdf&manuscript_id=20917