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¹SSK Okmeydani Hospital Departments of Neurosurgery, Istanbul, Turkey
²SSK Okmeydani Hospital Departments of Pathology, Istanbul, Turkey Granulocytic sareoma (GS), constituted by the immature cells of myeloid serial, is a rare, solid tumor. The tumor may be observed in the course of systemic myeloid leukemia. Occasionally, granulocytic sarcoma may be observed without findings of acute leukemia. Authors report a 17-year-old female who had had spinal cord compression due to GS without evidence of leukemia. Up today, only 6 cases have been reported with paraparesis due to spinal epidural granulocytic sarcoma without clinical symptomatology of leukemia. Laminectomy is mandatory for cases of cord compression and radiotherapy must be performed after the surgical intervention. For cases without spinal cord compression, chemotherapy and radiotherapy may be used together. Keywords : Chloroma, granulocytic sarcoma, spinal cord compression