Myeloid sarcoma

Myeloid sarcoma is a rare solid tumor of the myelogenous cells occurring in an extramedullary site.

Subcutaneous nodule

Slightly elevated lesions on or in the skin with a diameter of over 5 mm.


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PMID (PMCID)
10997963
 FEMALE Infant
Cytogenetic and molecular evidence of marrow involvement in extramedullary acute myeloid leukaemia.
Lillington DM, Jaju RJ, Shankar AG, Neat M, Kearney L, Young BD, Saha V.
Br J Haematol. 2000;110(3):547-51.
A diagnosis of granulocytic sarcoma was made in a 2-year-old child based on the detection of myelomonocytic blasts in tissue obtained from a subcutaneous nodule with no evidence of concomitant disease in the bone marrow.
9031123
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Granulocytic sarcoma of the chest wall at site of Hickman catheter tract.
Ariad S, Pizov G, Koretz M.
Leuk Lymphoma. 1996;23(3-4):401-3.
A case of granulocytic sarcoma of the chest wall occurring as subcutaneous nodules along a scar of a previous Hickman catheter tract in a 45 year old female patient with AML is described.