SIMULTANEOUS OCCURRENCE OF POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME IN TWO CASES OF CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY

Ajay Gupta Department of Medical Oncology, Dr. B. R. A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Chaitanya Swaroop Department of Medical Oncology, Dr. B. R. A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Ruchi Rastogi Department of Radiology, Dr. B. R. A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Rachna Garg Department of Radiology, Dr. B. R. A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Sameer Bakhshi Department of Medical Oncology, Dr. B. R. A. Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

Abstract

We describe two cases Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) occurring in childhood B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia within a week of each other during induction chemotherapy in our ward. We review the literature related to the possible etiology of PRES in these cases.

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SIMULTANEOUS OCCURRENCE OF POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME IN TWO CASES OF CHILDHOOD ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA INDUCTION CHEMOTHERAPY

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