Delhi Kumar C G, Biswal Niranjan, Kayal Smita
Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, 605006 India.
Department of Medical Oncology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, 605006 India.
Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2016 Jun;32(Suppl 1):8-10. doi: 10.1007/s12288-015-0503-8. Epub 2015 Jan 13.
Seven year child, who had intussusception 4 month before, readmitted for fever and walking difficulty. On examination, child had mild pallor and kyphosis of the spine but no organomegaly, lymphadenopathy or bone pain . Further evaluation revealed hypercalcemia, diffuse osteoporosis with vertebral fracture. Peripheral smear showed no blasts or pancytopenia. Bone marrow aspiration turned out to be a pre B cell ALL. This child had many atypical presentations like intussusception, osteoporosis, vertebral collapse and hypercalcemia without any classical features of ALL.