Acute lymphoblastic leukemia and hepatoblastoma in a family.
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common and hepatoblastoma is a rare malignancy diagnosed in children. Their report on an Iranian boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia diagnosed at the age of 2 years; 20 months later his 10-month-old sister was referred to their hospital with hepatoblastoma. The occurrence of such two types of cancer is rare in a family.
Rafsanjani
Khadijeh Arjmandi
KA
Hematology Oncology Research Center, Aliasghar Children Hospital, Iran University for Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Vossough
Parvaneh
P
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004198:Disease Susceptibility / Q000209:etiology; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D018197:Hepatoblastoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy