title: Cardiac granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma): in vivo diagnosis with transesophageal echocardiography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain. marcosal@arrakis.es
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Marcos-Alberca
authors.forename: Borja
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ibáñez
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Román
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rábago
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orejas
authors.forename: José F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Tomás
authors.forename: Jerónimo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Farré
mesh_terms: 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