Asymmetric and Diffuse Uptake of Left Femur in a 3-Year-Old Child Bone Scan: An Unusual Aspect in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
| Autor: | Hatem Boulahdour, Romain Laurent, Pierre Padoin, Olivier Morel, C.-M. Ungureanu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Hyperthermia
Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Lymphoblastic Leukemia Inflammation 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Left femur medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Femur Radionuclide Imaging Acute leukemia business.industry General Medicine Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma medicine.disease Left limb Leukemia 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Child Preschool medicine.symptom Radiopharmaceuticals business |
| Zdroj: | Clinical nuclear medicine. 41(1) |
| ISSN: | 1536-0229 |
| Popis: | Acute leukemia is a severe disease frequently encountered in childhood, often diagnosed in later stages because of nonspecific symptoms. It is known to produce uptake in bone scan, and previously described patterns have shown symmetrical abnormalities. However, we report the unusual aspect of the bone scan in a 3-year-old child who was referred to explore an isolated pain of his lower left limb, with hyperthermia and markers of inflammation. A bone scan showed an intense, asymmetrical uptake of the entire left femur. A few days later, his blood count showed circulating blast cells, leading to the diagnosis of leukemia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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