Open AccessRare Presentation of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia – A Case Report
Author(s) -
Nafe Navid Chinde,
Simran Kaur,
Sushma Laxma Reddygari
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of evolution of medical and dental sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-4802
pISSN - 2278-4748
DOI - 10.14260/jemds/2021/179
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , lymphoblastic leukemia , incidence (geometry) , presentation (obstetrics) , lymphoma , pediatrics , lymphoblastic lymphoma , disease , acute leukemia , leukemia , surgery , immunology , physics , immune system , t cell , optics
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia / lymphoblastic lymphoma is the most common childhood malignancy. Leukaemia and lymphoma are clinical presentations of the same disease. It is estimated that approximately 2500 to 3500 new cases are diagnosed each year in the United States, with an incidence of approximately 3.4 cases per 100,000. Number of the cases vary all over the world which is due to diagnostic and reporting differences.1,2 Leukaemia, especially acute types, can lead to intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) with high morbidity and mortality. It was reported that ICH occurred in 2.8 % adult patients with haematological malignancies. 3,4 But majority of cases presented with intraparenchymal haemorrhage, only rare cases have been seen to present with sub dural haemorrhage.