title: Isolated extramedullary relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting as an intraspinal mass.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Gau
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Young
mesh_terms: 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