A Case of Congenital Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Clinical Course and Significance of Ultrasonography
MUCHI, HIROMU; KARUBE, TOSHIAKI; YANO, SADAYUKI; MIYAO, MATSUTOMO; KAMOSHITA, SHIGEHIKO; ITOH, KOUICHI; MUCHI HIROMU; Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical School; KARUBE TOSHIAKI; Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical School; YANO SADAYUKI; Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical School; MIYAO MATSUTOMO; Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical School; KAMOSHITA SHIGEHIKO; Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical School; ITOH KOUICHI; Department of Clinical Pathology, Jichi Medical School
Журнал:
Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology
Дата:
1985
Аннотация:
A case of congenital leukemia in which texture changes in ultrasonography were followed up is reported. The patient was a male infant hospitalized on day 22 after birth with multiple bluish skin nodules. Complete remission was achieved easily, but he relapsed early and died from the disease after six months. Because of L1 morphology the disease was classified as acute lymphoblastic leukemia, but the leukemic cells lacked the characteristics of lymphoid lineage on cytochemical, cytogenetic, immunological, and enzymological examination. Ultrasonography was considered a useful tool in the following respects for the treatment of the patient with congenital leukemia: 1) The texture of the infiltration of leukemic cells into the liver was clearly visualized and changes in the images could be traced both in size and in number; 2) the process of ventricular dilatation and brain atrophy were successively visualized.
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