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01-03-2008 | Case Report

MR features of isolated uterine relapse in an adolescent with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia

Authors: Sébastien Novellas, Maude Fournol, Anne Deville, Jean-Yves Kurzenne, Anne Geoffray, Patrick Chevallier

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 3/2008

Abstract

Relapses of lymphoblastic leukaemia traditionally involve the central nervous system and testes in boys. Involvement of the female pelvic organs is frequently found at autopsy; however, involvement of the cervical uterus is rare and even less commonly symptomatic. A 13-cm uterine mass was discovered in a 15-year-old adolescent with a history of lymphoblastic leukaemia during childhood. Pelvic MRI was the best tool to assess the size, characteristics and invasive nature of this lesion of the uterine cervix. To our knowledge, this is a unique case in that we describe the MRI appearance of a relapsing lymphoblastic leukaemic mass both before and after treatment.

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Title: MR features of isolated uterine relapse in an adolescent with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Authors: Sébastien Novellas
Maude Fournol
Anne Deville
Jean-Yves Kurzenne
Anne Geoffray
Patrick Chevallier
Publication date: 01-03-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 3/2008
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-007-0661-4

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