2005
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.03.044
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Sino-orbital chloroma presenting as unilateral proptosis in a boy

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“…1 Extramedullary myeloid tumors can present before, concurrent with or after the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or other myeloproliferative disorder and a proportion of patients never develop bone marrow disease. 1 Extramedullary myeloid tumors can present before, concurrent with or after the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or other myeloproliferative disorder and a proportion of patients never develop bone marrow disease.…”
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“…1 Extramedullary myeloid tumors can present before, concurrent with or after the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or other myeloproliferative disorder and a proportion of patients never develop bone marrow disease. 1 Extramedullary myeloid tumors can present before, concurrent with or after the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or other myeloproliferative disorder and a proportion of patients never develop bone marrow disease.…”
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“…Granulocytic sarcoma (GS) or chloroma is an unusual localized tumor composed of cells of myeloid origin. 1 Extramedullary myeloid tumors can present before, concurrent with or after the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or other myeloproliferative disorder and a proportion of patients never develop bone marrow disease. 2 GS most commonly occur in the osseous skeleton but may occur in any organ, including the skin and gums.…”
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“…In addition to the AMKL patient reported in this article, 103 cases of extramedullary AML at the time of initial diagnosis in pediatric patients were found in the English-language literature (102 cases) from 1971–2011 and in the archives of Children's Hospital Colorado (1 case) from 1990–2011. Of these, 9 cases were AMKL [58,10] and 94 cases were non-AMKL [1177]. Nineteen of the 94 non-AMKL pat...…”
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“…The Leder stain identifies cells with esterase activity and has been shown to be positive in about 75% of cases [7]. A negative stain does not rule out the diagnosis of orbital granulocytic sarcoma [24]. Treatment in cases of chloroma is not standardized and depends on the underlying malignancy.…”
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“…It is based on polychemotherapy [25], radiotherapy or both [26]. Orbital decompression could relieve the pain and discomfort of proptosis and also aid in the specific diagnosis of this tumor [24].…”
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