Transient hyperdense cerebral areas in childhood leukemia: CT demonstration.
A child with acute myeloblastic leukemia and severe central nervous system complications during remission showed diffuse cerebral high density areas in a CT examination. These areas disappeared completely over the following few months. The possible causes for this phenomenon are discussed.
D000208:Acute Disease; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed