title: Isolated renal relapse in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: Current therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia have resulted in cure rates over 80%. Relapses occur most frequently in the bone marrow. We report the unusual case of a young man who presented with an isolated kidney relapse after maintaining remission from acute lymphoblastic leukemia for over 6 years. Sites of extramedullary relapse and a review of the literature are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, St Joseph's Children's Hospital, Paterson, NJ, USA.
authors.forename: Aliva
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De
authors.forename: Jill S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Menell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012008:Recurrence