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http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2010.43.4.466

Granulocytic Sarcoma Involving the Pectoralis Muscle in a Patient with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia  

Baek, Jong-Hyun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
Lee, Jung-Cheul (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
Lee, Jang-Hoon (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
Kim, Jung-Hee (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
Kim, Mi-Jin (Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.43, no.4, 2010 , pp. 466-469 More about this Journal
Abstract
We report here on a very rare case of granulocytic sarcoma of the pectoralis muscle on the left chest wall of a patient with chronic myelogenous leukemia, and this malady presented as a very rapidly growing hematoma-like mass.
Keywords
Sarcoma; Thorax, neoplasm; Leukemia;
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