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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
MDCT imaging findings of extramedullary granulocytic sarcoma of the heart
1Department of Radiology, Tufts New England Medical Center, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract:
Granulocytic sarcoma, also known as chloroma, is an uncommon tumor typically seen in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). Extramedullary cardiac involvement of granulocytic sarcoma is rare and there is a paucity of information regarding its multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) imaging appearance. We present a case of extramedullary granulocytic sarcoma of the heart detected on MDCT in a young adult male with AML. An understanding of how extramedullary granulocytic sarcoma of the heart appears on MDCT may decrease or prevent delays in diagnosing this uncommon, although important, complication from AML.
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