Acute leukemia presenting with extramedullary diseases and completely normal hemogram: An extremely unusual manifestation unique to pre-B ALL

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 729-731

  Chen, Chih G ^a,b,c   Weng, Hsu Huei ^a   Hwang, Cih En ^a   Lu, Chang Hsien ^a,b   Chen, Ping Tsung ^a,b   Gau, Jyh Pyng ^d,e  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PAIN; PRECURSOR B-CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA;

EID: 77956485538     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21801     Document Type: Article

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