Detection of submicroscopic disease in the bone marrow and unaffected testis of a child with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who experienced "isolated" testicular relapse

International Journal of Hematology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 370-373

  Arima, Keitaro ^a   Hasegawa, Daisuke ^a   Ogawa, Chitose ^a   Kato, Itaru ^a   Imamura, Toshihiro ^a   Takusagawa, Ayako ^a   Takahashi, Hiroka ^a   Kitagawa, Yoshiro ^b   Hori, Toshinari ^b   Tsurusawa, Masahito ^b   Manabe, Atsushi ^a   Hosoya, Ryota ^a  

^a ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Isolated extramedullary relapse; Minimal residual disease; Testicular relapse

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER RELAPSE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; T CELL LEUKEMIA; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASPARAGINASE; BONE MARROW; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DAUNORUBICIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; ORCHIECTOMY; PRECURSOR T-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; PREDNISONE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TESTIS; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 76449112366     PISSN: 09255710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12185-009-0393-3     Document Type: Article

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