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Victor Fernandes Vieira1, Quoc Duy Vo1, Jean Bouquet de la Jolinière2
1Department of Radiology, HFR Fribourg - Hôpital Cantonal , Fribourg , Switzerland.
Abstract:
We report the case of a 45-year-old woman who palpated a voluminous painless lump in the superior outer quadrant of her left breast. Her past medical history revealed an acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treated and considered in remission 1 month prior to this discovery. Imaging work-up by mammogram, US, and MRI showed multiples masses suspect of malignancy in both breasts. US-guided needle biopsy was performed in the palpable mass and in one of the multiple lesions located in the right breast. Histologic findings were compatible with a granulocytic sarcoma in both breasts, which was considered as a relapse of the AML treated a few months earlier.
