Oral manifestations leading to the diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in a young girl

• Main Authors: B A Silva (Author), CRB Siqueira (Author), PHS Castro (Author), S S Araújo (Author), LER Volpato (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: oral complications may be leukemia's first presentation. Aim: to present a case of a young girl with a swelling on the face that led to the diagnosis of acute lymphoblastic leukemia is reported. Results: a 10-year old anemic girl was referred for evaluation and treatment of a swelli...