title: Granulocytic sarcoma as the cause of giant abdominal mass: diagnosis by fine needle aspiration and review of the literature.
abstract: Granulocytic sarcoma (GS) or chloroma is a neoplasia consisting of myeloid precursors in an extramedullary site. It is generally associated with myeloproliferative disorders especially with myeloid neoplasias. A young woman with huge abdominal mass due to GS associated with chronic myelocytic leukemia (CML) has been reported and literature is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Balcali Adana, Turkey. sepay@mail.edu.tr
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paydaş
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hazar
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gönlüşen
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015464:Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*