Acute Leukemia Presenting with Gingival Bleeding. A Case Report

Abstract

This is a case report of a five year-old girl with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia who presented in our clinic with gingival bleeding. Sepcific highlights were focused on the management of the patient and current trends in the treatment of the disease with emphasis on early diagnosis of the disease in other to improve the prognosis.

Keywords: Acute, leukemias, Gingival bleeding

The Nigerian Medical Practitioner Vol. 51 (3) 2007: pp. 51-53