Cardiac granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma): in vivo diagnosis with transesophageal echocardiography.
Granulocytic sarcoma, or chloroma, is an uncommon presentation of acute leukemia. Cardiac involvement is very rare and usually diagnosed at autopsy. We present a case that discloses the essential role of transesophageal echocardiography for its in vivo diagnosis. The principal features with this imaging technique are finely described.
Marcos-Alberca
Pedro
P
Department of Cardiology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain. marcosal@arrakis.es
Ibáñez
Borja
B
Rey
Manuel
M
Román
Alejandro
A
Rábago
Rosa
R
Orejas
Miguel
M
Tomás
José F
JF
Farré
Jerónimo
J
D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D023981:Sarcoma, Myeloid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology