Respiratory Distress Secondary to Pulmonary Leukemia

Skeletal muscle extramedullary relapse in a child with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL)

“…Other extramedullary relapse sites have been reported, e.g. the ovaries (7), kidney, liver (2) and lung (8,9). The patient presented here is unusual in that the skeletal muscle was the site ofdeukemic relapse.…”

Bilateral Leukemic Pulmonary Infiltrates: An Initial Presentation of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Relapse

“…Leukemic lung infiltrates are known in acute myeloid leukemia [1] and have occasionally been described in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) [2]. Pulmonary complications in acute leukemia may be infectious or noninfectious.…”