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{{Infobox medical condition | name = Myeloid sarcoma | image = Chloroma - very high mag.jpg | caption = [[Micrograph]] of a myeloid sarcoma within muscle. [[H&E stain]]. | pronounce = | field = | synonyms = | symptoms = | complications = | onset = | duration = | types = | causes = | risks = | diagnosis = | differential = | prevention = | treatment = | medication = | prognosis = | frequency = | deaths = }} [[File:Chloroma CMUJ.jpg|thumb|right|Chloroma]] A '''myeloid sarcoma''' ('''chloroma''', '''granulocytic sarcoma''',<ref name="Andrews">{{cite book |author1=James, William D. |author2=Berger, Timothy G. |title=Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: clinical Dermatology |publisher=Saunders Elsevier |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-7216-2921-6 |display-authors=etal}}</ref>{{rp|744}} '''extramedullary myeloid tumor''') is a solid [[tumor]] composed of immature [[white blood cell]]s<ref name="pmid17194660">{{cite journal |vauthors=Karlin L, Itti E, Pautas C, etal |title=PET-imaging as a useful tool for early detection of the relapse site in the management of primary myeloid sarcoma |journal=Haematologica |volume=91 |issue=12 Suppl |pages=ECR54 |date=December 2006 |pmid=17194660 |url=http://www.haematologica.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=17194660}}</ref> called [[myeloblast]]s. A chloroma is an [[extramedullary]] manifestation of [[acute myeloid leukemia]]; in other words, it is a solid collection of leukemic cells occurring outside of the [[bone marrow]].
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