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chloroma

a malignant, greenish tumor that invades myeloid tissue and fluoresces red under ultraviolet light.
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chlo·ro·ma

, chloroleukemia
n. cloroma, tumor de color verde que puede manifestarse en distintas partes del cuerpo.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the three heart chambers' cardiac chloroma in a patient with non-M3 acute myeloid leukemia.
Cardiac chloroma of three heart chambers in a patient with non-M3 acute myeloid leukemia
Fred, "Chloroma of the forearm: a case report of leukemia recurrence presenting with compression neuropathy and tenosynovitis," Iowa Orthopaedic Journal, vol.
Skeletal Muscle Lymphoma Presenting with Chronic Compartment Syndrome of Leg after Trauma
Afterwards, in 1853, King called the disease chloroma due to its greenish appearance [1].
Sacral Myeloid Sarcoma Manifesting as Radiculopathy in a Pediatric Patient: An Unusual Form of Myeloid Leukemia Relapse
In high quantities, myeloperoxidase is responsible for the yellow-green color of pus (P, arrow) and of this extramedullary (meningeal -based) myeloid sarcoma (Q), hence, the name chloroma. R, Reactive lymph nodes are white to pale pink because of their high lymphocyte content.
Human Colors--The Rainbow Garden of Pathology: What Gives Normal and Pathologic Tissues Their Color?
We report an unusual clinical presentation heralding blast crisis transformation in a CML patient, characterized by cervical lymphadenopathy, cervicothoracic paraspinal chloroma with leukemic infiltration of the brachial plexus causing left Horner's syndrome, and ipsilateral symptomatic arm involvement.
Heralding Extramedullary Blast Crisis: Horner's Syndrome with Brachial Plexopathy in a Patient with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Moloney, "Chloroma and other myeloblasts tumors," Blood, vol.
Intracranial Myeloid Sarcoma Metastasis Mimicking Acute Subdural Hematoma
Spontaneous cure of end-stage acute nonlymphocytic leukemia complicated with chloroma (granulocytic sarcoma).
Myeloid sarcomas of the head and neck in pediatric patients with myeloid leukemia
In the setting of AML, leukemia cutis presents as a firm nodule with a greenish hue, known as a chloroma or granulocytic sarcoma.
Leukemia cutis in a patient of relapsed leprosy--coincidence or predisposition?
Myeloid sarcoma, also known as chloroma, extramedullary myeloid tumor or granulocytic sarcoma, is an extramedullary tumor mass consisting of immature myeloid cells and/or myeloblasts.
Myeloid sarcoma of the bladder in the setting of refractory anemia with excess blasts-2 (RAEB-2)
It is usually associated with myeloid leukemia and is known by other names, such as chloroma, myeloid sarcoma, and extra medullary myeloid tumor.
Imaging pediatric spine tumors
(1-3,7,8) Myeloid sarcoma was originally named "chloroma" due to the green color of the tumor, which is generated by the presence of myeloperoxidase.
Pelvic lesion in a female patient seventeen years later after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis
chloroma Cytarabine + gemtuzumab/ozogamicin (2) Allogeneic HSCT 08/09: HLA haploidentical HSCT + G-C Status at testing 07/10: Relapse incl.
Combination of complement-dependent cytotoxicity and relative fluorescent quantification of HLA length polymorphisms facilitates the detection of a loss of heterozygosity

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