title: [Cytological findings of the cerebrospinal fluid at diagnosis of acute lymphocytic leukemia in children--effect of remission induction chemotherapy].
abstract: Cytological examination of the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was performed in 88 children with acute lymphocytic leukemia at the time of initial diagnosis (54 cases), during (day 1-15, 17 cases) or after (day 37-58, 17 cases) the remission induction chemotherapy. Leukemic cells were found on cytological examination in 23 cases (42.6%), 5 cases (29.4%) and 2 cases (11.8%), respectively, and the incidence of central nervous system (CNS) leukemia had a tendency to decrease during the induction chemotherapy. The follow-up study of 15 cases of CNS leukemia at diagnosis revealed that the leukemic cells in CSF had decreased within 2 weeks and then disappeared after the induction chemotherapy. These findings indicate the therapeutic effect of induction chemotherapy including prednisolone on subclinical CNS leukemia at diagnosis.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kinumaki
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bessho
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokota
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012074:Remission Induction