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Vertebral compression fractures in acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and remodelling after treatment
N A Pandya1, S T Meller, D MacVicar
1Department of Paediatric Oncology, Institute of Cancer Research, Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|November 24, 2001
Abstract:
Three children, aged 7-10 years, with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia presented with back pain, along with a mild kyphosis. Collapse of the vertebral bodies at multiple levels was shown on imaging. Chemotherapy resulted in pain resolution and spontaneous remodelling of the vertebrae.