Table 1: Characteristics of 21 adult patients with myeloid sarcoma.

No. Age Sex Site FAB BMBx Karyotype 1 43 M LN/spleen M2 CML/BP 49, xy, t(9;22), t(12;18), +8, +19, +20 2 37 F Pleura M4 AML/M4 46, xx 3 37 F Pleura M0 AML/M0 46, xx/47, xy, t(1;3), del5, +8, +3, +4, −12 4 45 M LN M0 normal 46, xx/45, xy, t(7;11), t(12;18) 5 23 M CNS M2 AML/M2 46, xy, t(9;22) 6 64 M CNS M4 AML/M4 46, xy 7 28 F Vulva M5 AML/M5 46, xx, t(3;11)(p21;q23) 8 21 F Lumbar spine-extradural M4 AML/M4 46, xx, t(8;21), +8, −7 9 72 M LN M4 AML/M4 46, xy 10 76 F LN M2 normal Not available 11 43 M Mediastin-al LN M5 AML/M5 46, xy, i(1), t(1;1), −2, −5, −6, +8, −11, −12, −15, −17, −19, −22 12 54 M Skin M2 AML/M2 46, xy 13 35 M Head of femur M4 AML/M4 46, xy 14 77 M Orbit M2 normal 46, xy/47, xy, t(1;3), +15 15 63 M Mediastin-al LN M2 normal 46, xy/49, xy/50, xy, +2 16 43 M Pleura M2 normal 46, xy 17 39 M Perianal skin M4 AML/M4 46, xy 18 34 M CNS M1 normal 45, xy, t(9;22), −7 * 19 73 M LN/spleen M1 normal 47, xy, del5, −3, −7, +22 20 69 F Pleura M2 AML/M2 46, xx 21 31 F Skin mass (groin) M4 normal 46, xx

Abbreviations: FAB: French-American-British classification; BMBx: bone marrow biopsy; M: male; F: female; LN: lymph node; CNS: central nervous system; CML/BP: chronic myeloid leukemia/blastic phase; AML: acute myeloid leukemia. *Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RQ-PCR) test for t(9;22) in the bone marrow was negative.