title: Aleukemic granulocytic sarcoma presenting at multiple sites: ovary, breast and soft tissue.
abstract: An 18 year old female presented with the history of pain in abdomen, breast engorgement, swelling over both legs and breathlessness for three month. On clinical examination diagnosis of fibroadenoma breast was made. Ultrasonography of abdomen showed bilateral ovarian mass. Bilateral salpingo-ophrectomy was done and specimen was sent for histological examination. Two lobulated solid masses of tissues the larger one measuring 13×8×5 cm and smaller one measuring 10×7×5 cm in size received. Microscopic examination showed monomorphic population of discohesive, hyperchromatic small round cells had high N:C ratio, coarse chromatin, conspicuous nucleoli and scant to moderate amount of basophilic cytoplasm, lying in sheets and separated by fibrous strands and diffusely infiltrating the ovarian stroma. Fine needle aspiration from breast lump and leg swelling showed predominant population of blast cells. Myeloperoxidase was strongly positive and diagnosis of granulocytic sarcoma was confirmed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, M.L.N. Medical College, Allahabad, India.
authors.forename: Jitendra Singh
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Nigam
authors.forename: Vatsala
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: Varsha
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Kachnar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Varma
keywords: breast lump; myeloblast; ovarian mass; soft tissue.