Acute lymphoblastic leukemia presenting with limping in a young adult

Abstract

Abstract Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is one of the rare malignancies in adult. We report a 29‐year‐old man presented with progressive limping followed a chronic back pain. Imaging showed reduced vertebral body height and diffuse lytic skeletal infiltration. Bone marrow aspiration confirmed B‐acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma, and the patient was treated with chemotherapy.

Keywords

• acute lymphoblastic leukemia
• back pain
• initial presentation
• limping
• osteolytic lesions