An adult case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia with necrotizing leukoencephalopathy.
A 19-year-old man with common acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) developed necrotizing leukoencephalopathy (NL) after extensive chemotherapy and irradiation. Clinicians should exercise care in the treatment of leukemia, since chemotherapy has shown a trend of becoming more intensive, and the survival time of patients with leukemia is being extended.
Tsukada
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Second Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
Morita
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N
Ikeda
T
T
Katayama
N
N
Nishikawa
M
M
Kobayashi
T
T
Deguchi
K
K
Shirakawa
S
S
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007968:Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009336:Necrosis; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D008727:Methotrexate