Cauda equina syndrome as a rare manifestation of leukemia relapse during postallograft period.
Here we report a 41-year-old woman with the diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia. While being followed on remission after allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation, she developed systemic and central nervous system (CNS) relapse. CNS involvement presented first with meningeal irritation signs and then with cauda equina syndrome (CES). We define an interesting presentation of CES as abdominal pain and discuss the rare coexistence of the syndrome and leukemia under the light of the pertinent literature.
Onal
Ibrahim Koral
IK
Hacettepe University Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey. koralonal@yahoo.com
Shorbagi
Ali
A
Göker
Hakan
H
Büyükasýk
Yahya
Y
Ozçakar
Levent
L
Tufan
Abdurrahman
A
Aksu
Salih
S
Haznedaroglu
Ybrahim C
YC
D015746:Abdominal Pain; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D036102:Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011128:Polyradiculopathy / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D013126:Spinal Nerve Roots / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000009:adverse effects