The Bone Lesions of Childhood Leukemia

摘要: The bone changes of childhood leukemia, present in about two-thirds cases, are often value for differentiation when the clinical diagnosis is obscure. Although lesions not specific this disease, except perhaps late stages, they significance that similar usually associated with diseases which leukemia most resembles clinically. transverse line radiolucency beneath metaphyses long bones, earliest and common manifestation involvement rare other children over age two years. extensive destructive bones occurring disease a characteristic pattern seen conditions, metastatic neuroblastoma. Earlier stages destruction, periosteal reaction, osteosclerosis may be recognizable pattern, or give clue as to interpreted light clinica...