Central nervous system thrombosis in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Turkey: A multicenter study.
Zeliha GuzelkucukDeniz Yilmaz KarapinarSema Aylan GelenHuseyin TokgozAlper OzcanYılmaz AyAysenur BahadırNamik Yasar OzbekAyse Ceyda OrenAylin Canbolat AyhanArzu AkyayBurcu AkıncıNihal KaradaşAysegul UnuvarHale ÖrenAli FettahZuhre KayaBilgen Isıkİbrahim EkerSerap KaramanAysen Turedi YıldırımMehmet Fatih OrhanYeşim OymakCetin TimurNalan YaziciAyse SimsekNeslihan KarakurtErsin TöretMelike Sezgin EvimPublished in: Pediatric blood & cancer (2023)
Cerebral venous thrombosis and, less frequently, cerebral arterial thrombosis may develop in patients with ALL. The incidence of CNS thrombosis is higher during induction therapy than during other courses of treatment. Therefore, patients receiving induction therapy should be monitored carefully for clinical findings suggestive of CNS thrombosis.