The orthopaedic presentation of acute leukaemia in childhood

In children, acute leukaemia can mimic several orthopaedic pathologies and this variable presentation creates difficulties in achieving the correct di agnosis. Four consecutive cases are reported, all of which initially presen ted via the orthopaedic department, representing 17% of all new eases of le ukaemia presenting to our hospital. This series is presented to highlight t he need to place acute leukaemia on the list of differential diagnoses of a cute joint pathology in children: the associated literature is reviewed.