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A Case of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with Monosomy 20 and Parotid Gland Involvement
Hae Rim Kim, Seung Ah Hong, Byung Kyu Choe, Heung Sik Kim, Jung Sook Ha, Dong Seok Jeon, Yu Na Kang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2004;47(12):1347-1350.   Published online December 15, 2004
Hypodiploidy exists in 3-15% of patients with childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia(ALL) and is associated with a poor prognosis. Monosomy 7 and monosomy 20 account for most karyotypic abnormalities in patients in whom whole chromosomes are lost and their incidences are rare. Parotid tumors in the pediatric age group are unusual and in 1996, there was a case of invasion of...