Chest PA findings of leukemia in children
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
;
: 709-715, 1983.
Article
in Korean
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| ID: wpr-770314
ABSTRACT
Leukemia is the commonest malignancy in childhood, accounting for about one-third of all malignancies in thosebelow the age of 15 years. Authors analysed the chest PA findings of 177 cases of leukemia in childhood below theage of 15 years, diagnosed at Seoul National University Hospital in recent 5 years since 1978. The summaries ofthe analysis are as follows; 1. Among 177 cases, 121 cases were male and 56 cases were female. The malepredominant than the female with the ratio of 2.21. In 177 cases, 77% of the patients were under the 10 years ofage. 2. The incidence of subtype of leukemia was as follows; The acute form was 158 cases (89%), acute lymphocyticleukemia, 55%, acut myelocytic group, 31.6%, chronic myelocytic type, 10%. And acute lymphocytic leukemia was61.4% of acute form. 3. The incidence of abnormality in chest PA was 32.2%(57 cases) . Among these 57 cases,abnormality in lung field was 35 cases (19.8% of total patients) hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes enlargement was19 cases(10.7%). Pleural effusion was 13 cases (7.3%) and cardiac shadow enlargement in chest PA was 3 cases.
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Main subject:
Pleural Effusion
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Thorax
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Leukemia
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Incidence
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Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma
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Seoul
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Lung
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Lymph Nodes
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
Year:
1983
Type:
Article
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