Intracardiac chloroma.
Chloromas are not frequently seen in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia and chloromas involving cardiac structures have only been rarely reported in the literature. We report a complete radiographic response to low-dose fractionated radiotherapy in a patient with an intracardiac chloroma.
Mignano
John E
JE
Department of Radiation Oncology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA. jmignano@tuftsmedicalcenter.org
Chan
Michael D
MD
Rosenwald
Igor B
IB
Kimmelstiel
Carey D
CD
Wolfe
Lawrence C
LC
D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019583:Dose Fractionation, Radiation; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D023981:Sarcoma, Myeloid / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult