B cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia presenting with isolated soft tissue tumours: the non-myeloid sarcoma

Mohammad Tousifullah; Aditya Kumar Gupta; Jagdish Prasad Meena; Rachna Seth

doi:10.1136/bcr-2019-230982

B cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia presenting with isolated soft tissue tumours: the non-myeloid sarcoma

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Oct 5;12(10):e230982. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230982.

Authors

Mohammad Tousifullah¹, Aditya Kumar Gupta², Jagdish Prasad Meena¹, Rachna Seth¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
² Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India [email protected].

Abstract

Soft tissue leukaemic masses are a well-described clinical feature of myeloid haematological neoplasms. In paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), such soft tissue leukaemic sarcomas have not been reported as a presenting feature. Here we report a 3-year-old boy with ALL who presented to us with isolated soft tissue swellings for a duration of 9 months. The significance of these 'non-myeloid' sarcomas in paediatric ALL is uncertain.

Keywords: malignant and benign haematology; paediatrics.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
Arm
Child, Preschool
Diagnosis, Differential
Forehead
Head and Neck Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Head and Neck Neoplasms / drug therapy
Head and Neck Neoplasms / pathology
Humans
Male
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma*
Sarcoma / diagnosis*
Sarcoma / drug therapy
Sarcoma / pathology
Scalp