title: Granulocytic sarcoma of the breast preceding acute myelogenous leukemia: a case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Inje University Seoul Paik Hospital, Korea. meeah@hitel.net
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Joo
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000175:diagnosis; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology