It is ALL in the heart: a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and cardiac infiltration at time of diagnosis.
We report an unusual case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in a 15-year-old boy where a mass lesion, presumed to be a cardiac metastasis, was noted in the right ventricular wall and cavity at the time of initial routine echocardiography. The lesion resolved, without surgical intervention, following the institution of multi-agent chemotherapy.
Barbaric
Draga
D
Division of Hematology/Oncology/BMT, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada. dbarbaric@cw.bc.ca
Holley
Deidre
D
Lau
Kai-Chiu
KC
McCowage
Geoffrey
G
D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000556:secondary; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000166:cytology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D017254:Leukemic Infiltration; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012074:Remission Induction