An adult patient with common B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who presented with pancreatic involvement, description of the second adult case and review of paediatric cases

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PAMUK G. E., Tapan U., Aksoy S., Umit H.

BMJ Case Reports, 2014 (Scopus)

• Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
• Basım Tarihi: 2014
• Doi Numarası: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200817
• Dergi Adı: BMJ Case Reports
• Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
• Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
• Trakya Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Pancreatic involvement in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) may go unrecognised. There are only a few paediatric cases; nevertheless, presentation with pancreatic involvement in an adult patient with ALL has been reported rarely. Our 52-year-old male patient came to us with abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting; he had pancreatic enlargement on CT. He was diagnosed with common B-cell ALL with pancreatic involvement. The patient obtained haematological remission and the pancreatic enlargement regressed after chemotherapy, but later he had central nervous system and liver relapses. He died 6 months after diagnosis because of progressive pneumonia and chemotherapy-resistant ALL with multiple extramedullary relapses. Copyright 2014 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.