Isolated ocular relapse in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia during continuing complete remission. 1996

M L Curto, and P D'Angelo, and M Jankovic, and M G Fugardi, and O Ziino, and F Casale
Clinica Pediatrica, Università di Palermo, Italy.

Leukemic relapse of the eye has sometimes been cured. In this paper we review the cases of leukemic infiltration of the eye tissue with the aim of ascertaining whether an optimal treatment can be suggested. Data from 25 children (16 males, 9 females) with isolated ocular relapse (10 in therapy, 15 off therapy) of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in first complete remission are examined. The patients were treated according to different chemotherapy schedules, with (20 pts) or without local radiotherapy (5 pts). Isolated ocular relapse can be successfully treated, especially if it occurs after the withdrawal of therapy; second ocular infiltration was seen only in anterior chamber involvement after low doses of local radiotherapy. While the need for high doses of chemotherapy is not evident, high doses of ocular radiotherapy (> 20 Gy) seem to be mandatory to cure this leukemic relapse.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D012074 Remission Induction Therapeutic act or process that initiates a response to a complete or partial remission level. Induction of Remission,Induction, Remission,Inductions, Remission,Remission Inductions
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D005123 Eye The organ of sight constituting a pair of globular organs made up of a three-layered roughly spherical structure specialized for receiving and responding to light. Eyes
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective

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