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Radiology, Vol 138, 367-369, Copyright © 1981 by Radiological Society of North America
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MJ Siegel, GD Shackelford and WH McAlister
Pleural disease is an unusual manifestation of childhood leukemia. Three cases are presented which illustrate a definite association between leukemia and pleural thickening. In two patients, there was bilateral diffuse pleural thickening and, in the other, there were unilateral pleural-based masses. Pleural disease may be the initial or only thoracic manifestation of leukemia, or it may occur in combination with other intrathoracic evidence of leukemia.
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