Pediatr. praxi. 2009;10(5):338-339

Leukomeningeal infiltration in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

prof. MUDr. Vladimír Mihál CSc2, MUDr. Kamila Michálková1, doc. MUDr. Dagmar Pospíšilová Ph.D2, MUDr. Jiří Houda2, MUDr. Barbora Ludíková2, MUDr. Zbyněk Novák2
1 Radiologická klinika LF UP a FN, Olomouc
2 Dětská klinika LF UP a FN Olomouc

The authors present a 6-year-old patient suffering from mature B-ALL, who had at dignosis evident leptomeningeal infiltration and

multiplentiful focal changes in the skeleton of thoracic vertebrae, pelvis and sacrum on MRI scan. Patient was treated by protocol B-NHL

BFM 2002, combination of systemic and local chemotherapy. After completion of the treatment the patient has remained in complete

primary remission and all infiltrative lesions were vanished.

Keywords: leptomeningeal infiltration, neoplastic meningitis, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, B-ALL.

Published: December 1, 2009  Show citation

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Mihál V, Michálková K, Pospíšilová D, Houda J, Ludíková B, Novák Z. Leukomeningeal infiltration in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr. praxi. 2009;10(5):338-339.
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