Background. Extramedullary involvement of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in sites outside the central nervous system (CNS) or testes is rare and may signal a refractory form of leukemia. Methods. The authors describe a child with ALL who experienced a relapse involving the inferior rectus muscl
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. An unusual case of primary relapse in the uterine cervix
โ Scribed by Mary M. Zutter; Deborah J. Gersell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 374 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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