title: Granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) causing spinal cord compression.
abstract: Granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma) is a rare solid tumor of myelogenous stem cells, usually appearing in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia and less commonly in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia or myeloproliferative disorders. We present a spinal epidural granulocytic sarcoma causing thoracic spinal cord compression in a patient with chronic anemia secondary to myelofibrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor 48109-0030.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Frohna
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Quint
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015174:Epidural Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004824:Epidural Space / Q000473:pathology; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology