title: CT findings in leukemia.
abstract: Review of 84 computed tomographic (CT) scans in leukemic patients demonstrated a wide spectrum of abnormalities. Findings caused by leukemia were lymphadenopathy, visceral enlargement, focal defects, and tissue infiltration. Hemorrhage was by far the most common complication and could usually be characterized on the noncontrast CT scan. The distinction between old hematomas, foci of infection, and leukemic infiltration could not be made with certainty without CT-guided aspiration. Unusual instances of sepsis, such as microabscesses of the liver and typhlitis, were seen.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D013163:Splenomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed