Diagnositic Imagings of Pediatric Acute Myeloblastic Leukemia

Hiroaki Sato1,3), Shunsuke Nosaka1), Osamu Miyazaki1), Mikiko Miyasaka1),
Yoshiyuki Okada1), Masayuki Kitamura1), Yoshiyuki Tsutsumi1), Kyoko Kashima1),
Hidekazu Masaki1), Masaaki Kumagai2), Koji Takahashi3), Tamio Aburano3)

Department of Radiology, National Center for Child Health and Development1)
Department of Pediatric Oncology, National Center for Child Health and Development2)
Department of Radiology, Asahikawa Medical College3)

Abstract

  We described the imaging features of four cases with acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML). In our cases, common findings were organomegaly, periportal infiltration and lymphadenopathy. Predominant findings individual each case were soft tissue tumors in the orbit and the facial subcutaneous region in case 1, multiple osteolytic lesions in case 2, organomegaly in the abdomen in case 3, and cerebral vascular lesions in case 4. We conclude that CT is useful for whole body screening, and MRI is effective in demonstrating musculoskeletal and central nervous system lesions for deciding a biopsy site or therapeutic strategy.

Keywords:Acute myeloblastic leukemia, CT, MRI, Children

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