Pitini Vincenzo, Arrigo Carmela, Sauta Maria Grazia, Altavilla Giuseppe
Department of Medical Oncology, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Case Rep Hematol. 2011;2011:914613. doi: 10.1155/2011/914613. Epub 2011 Jul 12.
As defined by the World Health Organization classification of tumors of hematopoietic and lymphoid tissue, myeloid sarcoma (MS) is a tumor mass of myeloblasts or immature myeloid cells that can arise before, concurrent with, or following acute myeloid leukaemia. We describe a case of secondary leukemia presenting itself as MS of the breast in a patient previously treated for a non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.