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Skeletal manifestations of chloroma were reviewed in five patients. In four cases, a chloroma was the initial manifestation of a systemic disease. In the fifth, an elderly patient developed a bone lesion during a blastic crisis while under treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia. Two patients presented with lytic lesions of the ribs, two with lytic lesions of the femur, and one with a predominantly sclerotic lesion of the scapula. The laboratory findings in two patients were within normal limits. All lesions were confirmed by bone biopsy.
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Hermann, G., Feldman, F., Abdelwahab, I.F. et al. Skeletal manifestations of granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma). Skeletal Radiol. 20, 509–512 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00194248
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