title: Magnetic resonance abnormalities of bone marrow in a case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not performed routinely in the diagnostic work-up of children with leukemia, patients may present with a normal peripheral blood cell count and osteological manifestations. For such cases, MRI may be requested in the early workup for a diagnosis. This situation illustrates that a delay in appropriate diagnosis may occur, with the classic features of the disease being uniformly absent. We present a child illustrating the salient features of acute leukemia upon MRI with limb pain and an initial normal peripheral blood cell count.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chia-Shun
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: I-Anne
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chao-Jan
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wan-Chak
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Tang-Her
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Jaing
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis*