title: Ovarian relapse in a young woman with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
abstract: Bilateral ovarian relapse in a young woman with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) was treated by oophorectomy and intensive chemotherapy. She remains well off therapy 97 months following diagnosis and 45 months from ovarian relapse.
authors.affiliation: Department of Haematology, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Heaton
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Duff
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy