title: [A man with a painful abnormality on his lower leg].
abstract: A 74-year-old male patient with a history of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) presented with an ulcerative skin lesion on his left lower leg. Recent blood and bone marrow counts indicated a transformation of MDS into an acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Histopathological examination of biopsies of the lesion revealed a cutaneous localization of AML, a so-called 'chloroma' (granulocytic or myeloid sarcoma).
authors.affiliation: Rode Kruis Ziekenhuis, Afd. Heelkunde, Beverwijk, the Netherlands. mtenhagen@rkz.nl
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tenhagen
authors.forename: Gerda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lindauer-van der Werf
authors.forename: Huib A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Cense
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000473:pathology*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D023981:Sarcoma, Myeloid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology