Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 202-206 , December 2009

Buccal granulocytic sarcoma (chloroma)

  • Chieh-Yuan Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chi-Yuan Tzen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chung-Ji Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • School of Dentistry, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, 92 Chung San North Road, Section 2, Taipei 10449, Taiwan

Received 12 September 2009 ,Accepted 3 November 2009.

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PII: S1991-7902(09)60028-3

doi: 10.1016/S1991-7902(09)60028-3

Journal of Dental Sciences
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 202-206 , December 2009

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