GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA OF THE NASAL-SEPTUM

Granulocytic sarcoma (GS) is a solid form of leukemia. It may occur be fore, simultaneous with, or after the onset of systemic leukemia. More than 400 cases of GS are reported in the literature. However, only si x cases involve the nasal cavity, none of which take origin from the n asal septum. In this pager, we report the first case of granulocytic s arcoma to occur On the nasal septum in a patient with chronic myelomon ocytic leukemia. In addition, we review the currently accepted modalit ies for the diagnosis and treatment of these tumors.