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Spontaneous complete remission in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
S Yetgin1, A M Tuncer, E Güler
1Department of Pediatrics Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara.
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
|April 1, 1996
Abstract:
A five-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital with fever and tender lymphadenopathy. She was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL-L3). Because of infection she was given antibiotics and a blood transfusion. Her bone marrow was in remission after 15 days without chemotherapy. This case emphases the role of transfusion and/ or infection in obtaining complete remission without chemotherapy.