Acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting with limping in a young adult

<p></p><div> <p>Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is one of the rare malignancies in adult. We report a 29-year-old man presented with progressive limping followed a chronic back pain. Imaging showed reduced vertebral body height and diffuse lytic skeletal infiltration. Bone marro...

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Main Author: Mhd Baraa Habib (11721774) (author)
Other Authors: Bashar Tannos (14777914) (author), Mohamed Abdelrazek (6903689) (author), Mohamed A. Yassin (8361183) (author)
Published: 2023
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Summary:<p></p><div> <p>Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is one of the rare malignancies in adult. We report a 29-year-old man presented with progressive limping followed a chronic back pain. Imaging showed reduced vertebral body height and diffuse lytic skeletal infiltration. Bone marrow aspiration confirmed B-acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma, and the patient was treated with chemotherapy.</p> </div><p></p><h2>Other Information</h2> <p> Published in: Clinical Case Reports<br> License: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5426" target="_blank">http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5426</a></p>