Clinical and pathological manifestation of leukemic involvement of the central nevous system have been known for many years.
Infiltration and enlargement of organ is quite common in acute leukemia, however, the formation of solid tumor masses is very rare, Most of the described tumors occur predominantly around the orbits or arise from bones, with only a few cases of soft tissue, tumors reported.
A case of chloroma is reported, in which a large solid tumor of immature granulocytic cells was over the cerebral convexity compressing the brain diffusely on the right and not preceded by myelogenic leukemia.
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