Spontaneous intramedullary hematoma and leukemic deposit in spinal cord causing acute onset paraplegia in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Aug;65(8):e27075. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27075. Epub 2018 Apr 18.

Authors

Kaduveettil Gopinathan Gopakumar¹, Binitha Rajeswari¹, Rumesh Chandar¹, Ramachandran Krishnankutty Nair², Priyakumari Thankamony¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Oncology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
² Department of Imageology, Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

PMID: 29667755
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.27075

No abstract available

Keywords: ALL; intramedullary; paraplegia; pediatric oncology; spinal hematoma.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Hematoma / etiology*
Humans
Male
Paraplegia / etiology*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications*
Spinal Cord / pathology*