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Neuropediatrics 1995; 26(5): 267-269
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979770
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Cured of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia But Lost for Words

Esther Winter, M. Prendergast
  • The Department of Child Psychiatry', The Children's Hospital Birmingham, Ladywood Middleway, Birmingham B16 8ET, England
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19 April 2007 (online)

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Abstract

A thirteen-year-old boy with nominal aphasia caused by simple partial status epilepticus is described.

The aphasia disappeared with intravenous diazepam and has improved on oral carbamazepine. His epilepsy is probably secondary to the cranial irradiation and intrathecal methotrexate that he received as treatment for his Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia at the age of nine.

Key words

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia - Aphasia - Status epilepticus - Cranial irradiation

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