Magnetic resonance abnormalities of bone marrow in a case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Acta Paediatr Taiwan. 2003 Mar-Apr;44(2):109-11.

Abstract

Although magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not performed routinely in the diagnostic work-up of children with leukemia, patients may present with a normal peripheral blood cell count and osteological manifestations. For such cases, MRI may be requested in the early workup for a diagnosis. This situation illustrates that a delay in appropriate diagnosis may occur, with the classic features of the disease being uniformly absent. We present a child illustrating the salient features of acute leukemia upon MRI with limb pain and an initial normal peripheral blood cell count.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Marrow / pathology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / diagnosis*