Key result
Pediatric pre-T cell ALL can present as pericardial effusion without peripheral blood involvement.
Case Report (n=1)
Pericardial effusion can be a rare initial presentation of pre-T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in children, even without peripheral blood involvement.
Raises awareness for occult leukemia in unexplained pediatric pericardial effusion; single case leaves open need for broader validation before diagnostic change.
Despite the infectious and connective tissue diseases are most encountered, etiological factors, pericardial effusions, can also rarely emerge because of malign disease in childhood and it often develops during the course of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Unfortunately, pericardial involvement is one of the frequently encountered symptoms of pediatric malignancies. Herein, we present a rare case who was admitted with pericardial effusion and whose disease was diagnosed as pre-T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia without peripheral blood involvement.
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Özdemir et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Pre-T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with pericardial effusion (n=1). A rare pediatric case demonstrated that pre-T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia can present unusually with pericardial effusion and no peripheral blood involvement.
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