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Atypical Presentation of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a 7 Year Old Child

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Seven year child, who had intussusception 4 month before, readmitted for fever and walking difficulty. On examination, child had mild pallor and kyphosis of the spine but no organomegaly, lymphadenopathy or bone pain . Further evaluation revealed hypercalcemia, diffuse osteoporosis with vertebral fracture. Peripheral smear showed no blasts or pancytopenia. Bone marrow aspiration turned out to be a pre B cell ALL. This child had many atypical presentations like intussusception, osteoporosis, vertebral collapse and hypercalcemia without any classical features of ALL.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, 605006, India

    C. G. Delhi Kumar & Niranjan Biswal

  2. Department of Medical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, 605006, India

    Smita Kayal

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Delhi Kumar, C.G., Biswal, N. & Kayal, S. Atypical Presentation of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in a 7 Year Old Child. Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus 32 (Suppl 1), 8–10 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12288-015-0503-8

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