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. 2000 Aug;15(4):457–459. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2000.15.4.457

Granulocytic sarcoma of the breast preceding acute myelogenous leukemia: a case report.

M Joo 1, H K Lee 1, Y K Kang 1, J H Kim 1
PMCID: PMC3054663  PMID: 10983697

Abstract

We report a case of granulocytic sarcoma presented as a recurrent breast tumor in a 42-year-old woman with no history of leukemia. The case was initially diagnosed as malignant lymphoma on a previous biopsy specimen and she refused chemotherapy. At the time of recurrence of the breast tumor, the patient showed full-blown features of leukemia. This case of rare tumor suggests that differential diagnosis should be considered when malignant lymphoma of the breast is detected.

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