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Intracranial Chloroma (Granulocytic Sarcoma) by Lymphocytic Leukemia J Korean Neurosurg 38:65-67, Jeong, H.S.,et al, 2005 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Intracranial chloroma may occur in leukemia, although they are rare. A 23-year-old female complained diplopia. Brain magnetic resonance MR imaging showed tumors in the both cavernous sinus, both tentorial and anterior falx. Brain involvement by acute lymphocytic leukemia is very rare. Even though chloroma are sensitive to radiation therapy, prognosis is poor because of the gravity of the underlying disease and association with impending blast transformation. The authors reports a intracranial chloroma by acute lymphocytic leukemia.

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