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Nineteen children in primary remission of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) were investigated by computed tomographic (CT) scans of the brain 2 to 64 (mean 19) months after the central nervous system (CNS) prophylaxis was finished. The CNS prophylaxis consisted of high dose Methotrexate (HDM) intravenously combined with 6--8 doses of Methotrexate intrathecally. Two children received only Methotrexate intrathecally as CNS prophylaxis. In addition three children with ALL who had CNS leukemia were investigated by CT scans of the brain. Only one abnormal CT scan was found among the nineteen asymptomatic children, and one of the three patients with CNS relapse had slightly dilatated subarachnoidal spaces. These results compared with other reports in literature in which the CNS prophylaxis has consisted of intrathecal Methotrexate and cranial irradiation, suggest that there are fewer abnormal CT findings of the brain in patients not receiving cranial irradiation as part of CNS prophylaxis.
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