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Induction Failure in Acute Leukemia or Parvovirus B19 Infection?

Parvovirus B19 infection may be seen in acute leukemia patients and clinical findings and cytopenia caused by the viral infection may complicate the evaluation of the remission status. Herein we… Click to show full abstract

Parvovirus B19 infection may be seen in acute leukemia patients and clinical findings and cytopenia caused by the viral infection may complicate the evaluation of the remission status. Herein we present a standard risk pediatric acute lymphobiastic leukemia patient who developed myalgia, bone pain, bone marrow aplasia and sinusoidal obstruction syndrome at the end of the induction treatment and was diagnosed as having parvovirus B19 infection.

Keywords: b19 infection; acute leukemia; infection; parvovirus b19

Journal Title: Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Year Published: 2017

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