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KMID : 0376119750020010070
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Medical Journal of the Red Cross Hospital
1975 Volume.2 No. 1 p.70 ~ p.73
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Acute Paraplegia as. the Initial Symptom of Acute Leukemia
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Abstract
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Metastatic involvement of the central nervous during the course of leukemia is an increasingly frequent occurrence. system because of the longer survival time brought about by the efficacious cytotoxic therapy available, today.
The onset of acute leukemia may be abrupt with a great variety of clinical manifestations. Most commonly, such as vomiting, headache, papilledema, lethargy and vertigo, are referable to increased intracranial pressure caused by infiltration of the cortex and menages.
The acute paraplegia as the initial symptoms of acute leukemia is very rare. A case in which acute paraplegia occurred as the initial symptom of acute leukemia in a 15-year-old boy is reported.
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