MR images of bone lesions in children treated due to leukemia.
Leukemia is the most frequent malignancy in children (30-40%); acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) accounts for 85% of cases of this leukemia. Apart from bone marrow infiltration, MR imaging reveals other lesions in the bones of these children, that may be a complication of the disease or of its therapy and do not require referral to the oncologist unless they are misinterpreted. These lesions include osteonecrosis, stress fractures due to osteopenia, osteomyelitis - often resulting from administration of corticosteroids. The authors present MR images of these lesions, often misinterpreted as leukemic infiltration.
Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland.
Monika
M
Bekiesinska-Figatowska
Sylwia
S
Szkudlinska-Pawlak
Anna
A
Romaniuk-Doroszewska
Hanna
H
Bragoszewska
Agnieszka
A
Duczkowska