title: Orthopaedic manifestations of leukemia during childhood: a rare case of isolated periosteal reaction.
abstract: The authors describe one case of acute lymphoid leukemia during childhood manifested by migrant arthralgias. The only radiographic signs were constituted by a periosteal reaction in the left fibula. The main clinical symptoms and radiographic signs described in the literature and used to diagnose leukemia are reported.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Ortopedica dell'Università, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tabarroni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sudanese
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010521:Periosteum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications*; D011859:Radiography