acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting solely as low back pain
;Joshua Goodwin;Bijon Das
proceedings - 1st international conference on intelligent systems and information management, icisim 20172019Vol. 3pp. -
287
goodwin2019clinicalacute
Abstract
A 23-year-old man with acute lymphoblastic leukemia presented to the emergency department without any history of constitutional symptoms (fatigue, anorexia, or weight loss), dyspnea, bruising, or bleeding. Presentation of acute leukemia solely as musculoskeletal pathology is common in pediatric populations but rare among adult patients. Recognizing this presentation of acute leukemia in adult patients could help prevent delayed diagnoses.