Open AccessPrimary pleural chloroma: A rare location with fatal prognosis
Author(s) -
Elsayed Hany,
Gosney John
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
thoracic cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1759-7714
pISSN - 1759-7706
DOI - 10.1111/j.1759-7714.2011.00068.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , leukemia , sarcoma , pathology , surgery
We report an extremely unique histologically proven case of an isolated primary pleural granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) in a 44‐year‐old woman who had sustained complete remission for 14 years after being treated for a Hodgkin's lymphoma. There was no history of myelogenous leukemia, which typically precedes chloroma. The prognosis was dismal as the patient died 2 weeks after diagnosis.