Mumps uveitis complicating the course of acute leukemia.
A case of a nine-year-old child with acute lymphocytic leukemia in remission who developed infectious parotitis with uveitis was presented. Ocular complications of mumps have been briefly discussed and the differential diagnosis particularly in relationship to leukemia have been emphasized. The significance of depressed cellular immunity in the development of this complication was entertained.
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular / Q000187:drug effects; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009107:Mumps / Q000150:complications*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D014605:Uveitis / Q000209:etiology*