Case report highlights unilateral hypopyon as a rare sign of acute lymphoblastic leukemia relapse, suggesting awareness of atypical presentations.
Leukemias may have ophthalmic presentations due to infiltration of central nervous system leukemia and bone marrow relapse. Hypopyon uveitis as a presentation of relapse acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is very rare. In our case, a young men with acute lymphoblastic leukemia after remission present a Unilateral hypopyon as a signe of relapse. The paracentesis of anterior chamber was not performed. The lumber puncture confirmed the relapse The purpose of our case is to aware about unilateral hypopion as indication or relapsing ALL when the relapse is typically bilateral hypopyon.
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