CEREBRAL CALCIFICATION IN CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA MIMICKING STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME

Abstract
Two cases of ALL (acute lymphocytic leukemia), both in long-term remission, developed a gyriform pattern of brain calcification during treatment for CNS (central nervous system) complications, on a treatment regimen which included: prednisone, vincristine, methotrexate and irradiation. Cerebral angiography and brain biopsy were obtained in one. The calcium was closely related to vascular structures.