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- Title
Leukemia and treatment: imprint on the growing skeleton.
- Authors
Merrow, Arnold C.; Laor, Tal
- Abstract
The article reports on the medical case of a 5-year-old girl treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The patient's medical history is presented. The article describes the results of oblique radiograph and coronal fat-suppressed T2-W magnetic resonance imaging performed on the patient. Imaging findings showed growth recovery lines which are manifestations of slowed growth across the physis during stress.
- Subjects
LYMPHOBLASTIC leukemia in children; LYMPHOBLASTIC leukemia; LEUKEMIA in children; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; JUVENILE diseases; LEUKEMIA treatment
- Publication
Pediatric Radiology, 2008, Vol 38, Issue 5, p594
- ISSN
0301-0449
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00247-007-0740-6