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The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India 2/2016

01-12-2016 | Case Report

An Unusual Site of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Relapse: Challenge for Gynaecologists

Authors: Kamal Kant Sahu, Gaurav Prakash, Prudhviraj Sanamandra, Alka Khadwal, Pranab Dey, Prashant Sharma, Subhash Chander Varma, Pankaj Malhotra

Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Special Issue 2/2016

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Secondary involvement of female genitourinary system [1, 2] is more common in lymphoma than leukaemia [3, 4]. In leukaemia, acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is known to have extra medullary involvement (chloroma, granulocytic sarcoma, etc.) [5, 6]. In case of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), except for CNS and testis other extra medullary sites are rarely involved [7, 8]. Amongst genitourinary organs, testis is the most common site of involvement in ALL [8]. Cases of ovarian and cervix involvement in ALL are limited to case reports only [9‐13]. …
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Metadata
Title
An Unusual Site of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Relapse: Challenge for Gynaecologists
Authors
Kamal Kant Sahu
Gaurav Prakash
Prudhviraj Sanamandra
Alka Khadwal
Pranab Dey
Prashant Sharma
Subhash Chander Varma
Pankaj Malhotra
Publication date
01-12-2016
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India / Issue Special Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0971-9202
Electronic ISSN: 0975-6434
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-015-0787-5

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