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Early Detection of Pulmonary Fungal Infection By Ct Scan in Pediatric All Patients Under Chemotherapy or In Post-Transplantation Period With Primary Complaint of Chest Pain
(Aves Yayincilik, 2010)
We describe herein four children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who were diagnosed as pulmonary fungal infection after presenting with chest pain. The plain radiologic evaluations failed to reveal any positive findings, ...
Intracerebral Metastasis In Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Rare Presentation
(2012)
Central nervous system leukemia may present in different ways. However, intraparenchymal mass is extremely rare in childhood leukemia. Herein, we report a boy who presented with right hemiparesis and anisocoria 1 year after ...
An Unusual Presentation of Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with Parotid Gland Involvement and Dactylitis
(Aves Yayincilik, 2010)
Mumps infection during the course of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) treatment has been reported to have a mild course and this was related to the intrinsic low cytopathological effect of the virus, contrasting ...
Gray Platelet Syndrome: Natural History Of A Large Patient Cohort And Locus Assignment To Chromosome 3P
(Amer Soc Hematology, 2010)
Gray platelet syndrome (GPS) is an inherited bleeding disorder characterized by macrothrombocytopenia and absence of platelet alpha-granules resulting in typical gray platelets on peripheral smears. GPS is associated with ...
Fanconi Anemia: A Single Center Experience Of A Large Cohort
(2019)
Fanconi anemia (FA) is an inherited disease, characterized by congenital malformations, short stature, progressive bone marrow failure and predisposition to leukemia and solid tumors. The aim of this study was to evaluate ...
Infant Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Single Centers 10 Year Experience
(2019)
Infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a rare disease and consists of 4-5% of all childhood ALL. Despite improved survival rates in childhood ALL, infants with ALL have a worse prognosis. We aimed to evaluate the ...
Hemophagocytic Syndrome and Acute Liver Failure Associated with Ethylene Glycol Ingestion: A Case Report
(Taylor & Francis, 2006)
The authors describe a case of accidental ethylene glycol poisoning in an 18-month-old boy who developed hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS). Ethylene glycol is a common substance in various antifreeze preparations. Acute ethylene ...
Number of Erythrocyte Transfusions is more Predictive than Serum Ferritin in Estimation of Cardiac Iron Loading in Pediatric Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
(Elsevier, 2014)
Background
Transfusions with packed erythrocytes is a common practice in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who are on chemotherapy. Since there is no physiological excretion mechanism for iron, ...
