T-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia and parvovirus infection in a child with neurofibromastosis-1

Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2013 Oct-Dec;56(4):446-8. doi: 10.4103/0377-4929.125366.

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis (NF-1) patients have an increased risk of developing malignancies most commonly rhabdomyosarcomas, optic gliomas, brain tumors and non-lymphocytic leukemias. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) has been infrequently reported in association with NF-1. We describe a rare association of NF-1, T-lineage ALL and parvovirus infection in a 12-year-old child. In addition, it is also to emphasize that a high index of suspicion should be kept for parvovirus B19 infection as a cause of bicytopenia/pancytopenia in ALL patients following induction chemotherapy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antigens, CD / analysis
  • Blood Cells / pathology
  • Bone Marrow / pathology
  • Child
  • Flow Cytometry
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microscopy
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / complications*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / complications*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / diagnosis*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / pathology
  • Parvovirus B19, Human / isolation & purification*
  • Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / complications*
  • Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / diagnosis*
  • Precursor T-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology

Substances

  • Antigens, CD