An Adult Case of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with Necrotizing Leukoencephalopathy

Tetsuya TSUKADA; Norihisa MORITA; Takeshi IKEDA; Naoyuki KATAYAMA; Masakatsu NISHIKAWA; Tohru KOBAYASHI; Katsumi DEGUCHI; Shigeru SHIRAKAWA

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine1962.29.56

Tetsuya TSUKADA, Norihisa MORITA, Takeshi IKEDA, Naoyuki KATAYAMA, Masakatsu NISHIKAWA, Tohru KOBAYASHI, Katsumi DEGUCHI, Shigeru SHIRAKAWA

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Keywords: Necrotizing leukoencephalopathy, Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, Chemotherapy, Radiation, Methotrexate

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Volume 29 (1990) Issue 1 Pages 56-60

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine1962.29.56

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Abstract

A 19-year-old man with common acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) developed necrotizing leukoencephalopathy (NL) after extensive chemotherapy and irradiation. Clinicians should exercise care in the treatment of leukemia, since chemotherapy has shown a trend of becoming more intensive, and the survival time of patients with leukemia is being extended.

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