Open AccessExtramedullary relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in breast: A rare presentation
Author(s) -
Thanka Johnson,
K Krishnarathinam,
S Rajendiran
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.59212
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoblastic leukemia , hematopoietic stem cell transplantation , presentation (obstetrics) , leukemia , oncology , transplantation , surgery
Unusual sites of relapses following allogenic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are rarely reported. Our report describes a thirty-two-year old female, who developed extramedullary (EM) breast relapse after allogenic HSCT for pre B cell Philadelphia chromosome negative ALL. She had no evidence of leukemia in her marrow demonstrating 100% full donor chimerism, while she had ALL relapse in her breast.