Destructive skeletal lesions as the primary initial manifestation of acute childhood leukemia.
Bony involvement in leukemia has been long recognized in the medical literature. However, severe osseous changes, as the sole initial manifestation of childhood leukemia is a unique feature of the case reported here.
Akber
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Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Springfield 62708.
Gallagher
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Mathew
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Ayoub
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Miale
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D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal