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Cutaneous granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) presenting as the first sign of relapse following autologous bone marrow transplantation for acute myeloid leukaemia
Author(s) -
HARRIS D.W.S.,
OSTLERE L.S.,
RUSTIN M.H.A.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1992.tb08054.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , bone marrow , myeloid , bone marrow transplantation , sarcoma , myeloid leukaemia , transplantation , pathology , surgery
Summary A 25‐year‐old man suffering form acute myeloid leukaemia developed a solitary lesion on the upper abdominal wall 6 months after receiving an autologous bone marrow transplant. These lesion was a chloroma and proved to be the only evidence of clinical relapse. This is the first reported case of this rare condition occurring following bone marrow transplantation.