No evidence for routine cerebrospinal fluid cytology in detecting asymptomatic central nervous system relapse in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: 20 years' experience of a UK primary treatment centre

Br J Haematol. 2014 Feb;164(3):462-4. doi: 10.1111/bjh.12646. Epub 2013 Nov 8.

Authors

Sue Manley¹, Russell Keenan, Helen Campbell, Mark Caswell, Barry Pizer

Affiliation

¹ Paediatic Haematology and Oncology Unit, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK.

PMID: 24422728
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12646

No abstract available

Keywords: central nervous system relapse; cerebrospinal fluid cytology; childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Central Nervous System / pathology*
Central Nervous System Neoplasms / cerebrospinal fluid*
Central Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Leukemic Infiltration
Male
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / cerebrospinal fluid*
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / pathology
Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / therapy
United Kingdom