Granulocytic sarcoma of the breast preceding acute myelogenous leukemia: a case report.
10.3346/jkms.2000.15.4.457
- Author:
Mee JOO
1
;
Hye Kyung LEE
;
Yun Kyung KANG
;
Joon Hee KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Pathology, Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, Korea. meeah+AEA-hitel.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Granulocytic Sarcoma;
Breast Neoplasms
- MeSH:
Adult;
Breast Neoplasms/surgery;
Breast Neoplasms/pathology;
Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis+ACo-;
Carcinoma, Lobular/diagnosis;
Case Report;
Cell Nucleus/ultrastructure;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Diagnostic Errors+ACo-;
Female;
Human;
Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute/pathology;
Leukemia, Myelocytic, Acute/diagnosis+ACo-;
Lymphoma, Large-Cell, Diffuse/diagnosis+ACo-;
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
2000;15(4):457-459
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report a case of granulocytic sarcoma presented as a recurrent breast tumor in a 42-year-old woman with no history of leukemia. The case was initially diagnosed as malignant lymphoma on a previous biopsy specimen and she refused chemotherapy. At the time of recurrence of the breast tumor, the patient showed full-blown features of leukemia. This case of rare tumor suggests that differential diagnosis should be considered when malignant lymphoma of the breast is detected.
