Isolated extramedullary relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting as an intraspinal mass.
Leptomeningeal relapse is a common finding in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but a solid intraspinal mass with cord compression as the sole site of extramedullary relapse is unusual. We report an adult patient with ALL, after 2 years of complete remission, who developed a spinal cord compression due to an intraspinal mass as a first manifestation of extramedullary relapse. Manifestation of first relapse in ALL presenting as an intraspinal mass is rare and may be added to other unusual extramedullary sites of relapse.
Hwang
W L
WL
Department of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Gau
J P
JP
Hu
H T
HT
Young
J H
JH
D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D012008:Recurrence; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed