title: Granulocytic sarcoma of the skin.
abstract: A patient with aleukemic leukemia of the acute granulocytic type, who initially had granulocytic sarcoma of the skin, is described. The skin contained focal infiltrates of pleomorphic mononuclear cells that were identified as granulocytes by demonstration of intracytoplasmic naphthol-ASD-chloroacetate esterase and lysozyme.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009113:Muramidase / Q000032:analysis; D009283:Naphthol AS D Esterase / Q000032:analysis; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology; D012867:Skin / Q000201:enzymology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D009283:Naphthol AS D Esterase; D009113:Muramidase