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KMID : 0367419740150040043
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Journal of Korean Pediatric Society
1974 Volume.15 No. 4 p.43 ~ p.49
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Leukemia in Childhood with Mediastinal Masses
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裵敏子/Pai, Min Ja
金舜英/安敦姬/洪彰義/Kim, Soon Young/Ahn, Don Hee/Hong, Chang Yee
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Abstract
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Six cases of acute leukemia with mediastinal masses are reported with a review of relevant literature-Out of 105 patients wi h leukemia who had been admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Hospital for the last 6 years, six cases had huge mediastinal masses on the chest x-ray examinatiom In 3 of them the masses were located in the anterior mediastinum, suggesting enlargement of the thymus. On admission these cases bad more or less severe dyspnea and facial edema, and 2 of them were initally suspected as heart failure and osteomyelitis respectively. All of the 6 cases were acute lymphocytic leukemia and treated with combinations of prednisolone, 6-mercaptcpurine, methotrexate and vincristine, showing remarkable improvement of clinical features in a few days.
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