[Diagnostic difficulties in a case of leukemia with radicular symptoms].
The author describes a 20-year-old patient with leukaemia and with meningoradicular symptoms. The first neurological symptoms developed 2 years after disclosure of haematological changes. Despite treatment with steroids, intrathecal Methotrexate and radiotherapy the patient died 3 years after the diagnosis of leukaemia had been established. Myeloblastic leukaemia was confirmed on autopsy. The importance of early intrathecal Methotrexate treatment is stressed.
D000328:Adult; D001554:Benzene / Q000009:adverse effects; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000139:chemically induced; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges / Q000473:pathology*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology*
D001554:Benzene
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