Clonorchiasis, Marked Eosinophilia, and the Lack of Blasts in the Circulation Delaying the Diagnosis of Pediatric B-Lymphocytic Leukemia

Ke Cao; Xiaojuan Luo; Defa Li; Xueyan Chen

doi:10.1097/MPH.0000000000002989

Clonorchiasis, Marked Eosinophilia, and the Lack of Blasts in the Circulation Delaying the Diagnosis of Pediatric B-Lymphocytic Leukemia

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2025 Jan 6. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000002989. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Ke Cao¹, Xiaojuan Luo¹, Defa Li¹, Xueyan Chen²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shenzhen Children's Hospital.
² Department of Clinical Laboratory, The People's Hospital of Longhua Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.

PMID: 39792802
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000002989

Abstract

Eosinophilia is rare in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia. In this report, we present a case of acute lymphoblastic leukemia with marked eosinophilia, whose diagnosis was delayed because of clonorchiasis.