Two children with unusual extramedullary common acute lymphoblastic leukemia antigen (CALLA)-positive (CD10) disease are reported. Isolated masseter infiltration with CD10/CD19-positive lymphoblasts was present in both patients with no other evidence of disease. One child had relapse of common acute
Extramedullary involvement of the testes in childhood leukemia
โ Scribed by Thomas J. Stoffel; Mark E. Nesbit; Seymour H. Levitt
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1975
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 696 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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โฆ Synopsis
Methods
Three hundred forty-three children with acute leukemia, which included 163 males, were treated by the Pediatric Oncology Service at the
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