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ACUTE LEUKAEMIA RELAPSE PRESENTING AS OVARIAN TUMOUR
Author(s) -
Obeid D.,
Cotter P.,
Sturdee D. W.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1979.tb10813.x
Subject(s) - bone marrow , medicine , ovary , oncology , childhood leukaemia , cancer research , pediatrics
Summary Relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia is described in a woman with a leukaemic ovarian tumour from which reseeding of the bone marrow had occurred. It is proposed that irradiation of the ovaries with the initial leukaemic therapy may prevent this form of relapse.