Case Report
Year: 2021 | Month: August | Volume: 11 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 79-80
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20210811
Association of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with Unilateral Facial Palsy: A Rare Presentation
Vipul Taneja1, Goud Raghvendra2, Kusum Mahajan3, A. K. Bhardwaj4, Rishu Malik5
1Assistant Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research.
2Junior Resident (3rd Year), Dept of Paediatrics, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research.
3Professor & HOU, Dept of Paediatrics, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research,
4HOD, Dept of Paediatrics, Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Medical Sciences and Research.
5Assistant Professor, Al-Fala School of Medical Sciences and Research Center.
Corresponding Author: Vipul Taneja
ABSTRACT
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer. Survival probability of pediatric ALL had been 10-20%, but the most recent clinical trials with multiagent chemotherapy have achieved overall survival probability of better than 80%. This is achieved because of better supportive care, treatment stratification based on relapse risk, and the biological features of leukemic cells. Diagnosis of ALL was based principally on morphological identification of leukemic blasts in bone marrow, and immunophenotype assessment by flow cytometry is necessary, and most pediatric ALL cases are clinically classified as B-cell precursor, T-cell ALL, or mature B-cell types.
Key words: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, ALL, Unilateral Facial palsy, pediatric ALL.