Isolated Testicular Relapse Five Years After Cessation of Chemotherapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
1982; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 21; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1177/000992288202100612
ISSN1938-2707
AutoresJen‐Yih Chu, Dennis M. O’Connor, Thomas V. Cradock, Gordon B. Gale,
Tópico(s)Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
ResumoA 12-year-old boy was diagnosed as having acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) at the age of 2 years 10 months. Chemotherapy was discontinued after 33 months of continuous remisson of ALL. Isolated testicular relapse occurred 5 years after . cessation of treatment. Isolated testicular infiltration if it occurs, usually does so within one year after discontinuing treatment. Late bone marrow or extramedul lary relapse usually does not occur after four years post therapy. Testicular relapse in this patient occurred five years after completing chemotherapy.
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