Multiple relapses in extramedullary localization of acute lymphoblastic leukemia


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KOŞUCU P., KUL S., GUNES G., YILMAZ M., ERSÖZ Ş., ÖZDEMİR F.

BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY, vol.113, no.1, pp.46-49, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 113 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2012
  • Doi Number: 10.4149/bll_2012_011
  • Journal Name: BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.46-49
  • Keywords: leukemia, MRI, US, testes, gallbladder, breast, parotid gland, eye, BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANTATION, T-CELL LEUKEMIA, ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS, INFILTRATION, GLANDS, MRI
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Extramedullary relapses of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children and young adults are rare and in most cases are usually related to the central nervous system or testes. We describe a case of a 25-year-old man with an acute lymphoblastic leukemia with multiple extramedullary relapses in the testes, gallbladder, breast, parotid gland and eye at various times (Fig. 5, Ref. 21). Full Text in free PDF www.bmisk.