Osteolytic Bone Lesions - A Rare Presentation of AML M6.

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) M6 is a rare form of AML accounting for < 5 % of all AML. Extramedullary involvement is very rarely seen in this entity. Skeletal lesion has not been described in AML M6 before.

Rituximab induced hypoglycemia in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Background: Hypoglycemia is a vary rare toxicity of rituximab. The exact mechanism of rituximab induced hypoglycemia is not clear.

Case Presentation: A 50 year old female presented with a left tonsillar non Hodgkin's lymphoma and was started on R-CHOP chemotherapy.

Renal relapse in bilateral synchronous testicular lymphoma.

Bilateral synchronous testicular lymphoma is an uncommon presentation of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. A young man with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of both testes synchronously is described here. He underwent bilateral orchiectomy, received chemotherapy, and was in complete remission when there was a relapse in the kidneys.

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia occurring as a second malignancy: report of a case and review of literature.

Secondary leukemias occurring after the treatment of childhood malignancies are most often acute nonlymphoblastic leukemias. Only rarely do acute lymphoblastic leukemias (ALL) occur as second malignancies. An 18-year-old boy who developed ALL 4 years after Hodgkin's disease is described and the literature on secondary ALL is reviewed.

Late recurrence of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

Late relapse of childhood lymphoblastic leukemia 10 years after the end of treatment is rare. A young woman whose acute lymphoblastic leukemia recurred 11 years after the end of treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia is described, and the literature on late relapse of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia is reviewed.