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Testis Scintigraphy in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a pediatric malignancy associated with remissions and relapses. Common relapsing sitesare meninges, testis and ovary. Testicular scintigraphy is a highly specific modality used mainly in the differential diagnosis of testicular torsion and epidydimitis/epidydimo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3957971/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24653935 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/Mirt.314 |
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author | Şencan Eren, Mine Koç, Murat Ören, Hale Özkal, Şermin Durak, Hatice |
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description | Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a pediatric malignancy associated with remissions and relapses. Common relapsing sitesare meninges, testis and ovary. Testicular scintigraphy is a highly specific modality used mainly in the differential diagnosis of testicular torsion and epidydimitis/epidydimo-orchitis. There is only one interesting image on leukemic infiltration with scrotal scintigraphy in the literature. The aim of this case presentation is to report that although the scintigraphic appearance of testicular torsion was observed in a patient with the diagnosis of ALL, testicular ALL infiltration was revealed in pathologic examination. Conflict of interest:None declared. |
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spelling | pubmed-39579712014-03-20 Testis Scintigraphy in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Şencan Eren, Mine Koç, Murat Ören, Hale Özkal, Şermin Durak, Hatice Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther Case Report Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a pediatric malignancy associated with remissions and relapses. Common relapsing sitesare meninges, testis and ovary. Testicular scintigraphy is a highly specific modality used mainly in the differential diagnosis of testicular torsion and epidydimitis/epidydimo-orchitis. There is only one interesting image on leukemic infiltration with scrotal scintigraphy in the literature. The aim of this case presentation is to report that although the scintigraphic appearance of testicular torsion was observed in a patient with the diagnosis of ALL, testicular ALL infiltration was revealed in pathologic examination. Conflict of interest:None declared. Galenos Publishing 2014-02 2014-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3957971/ /pubmed/24653935 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/Mirt.314 Text en © Molecular Imaging and Radionuclide Therapy, Published by Galenos Publishing. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Şencan Eren, Mine Koç, Murat Ören, Hale Özkal, Şermin Durak, Hatice Testis Scintigraphy in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
title | Testis Scintigraphy in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
title_full | Testis Scintigraphy in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
title_fullStr | Testis Scintigraphy in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
title_full_unstemmed | Testis Scintigraphy in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
title_short | Testis Scintigraphy in a Patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia |
title_sort | testis scintigraphy in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3957971/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24653935 http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/Mirt.314 |
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