A CASE OF LIMB PAIN WITH A LIMP

Key words: Articular pain, Limp, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

In childhood and adolescence articular pains are frequent and in most of the cases they disappear rapidly and spontaneously. In a few patients the cause of the symptoms is an organic and/or a systemic pathology that require accurate examination and specific treatment. We report a case of a 5-year-old child suffering from limb pain associated with limp. An emocromocitometric analysis was carried out since, subsequently, the pain increased and an intermittent fever appeared. A modest piastrinopenia and a relative neutropenia led us to formulate the hypothesis of an oncoematologic pathology. A peripheral blood smear was performed and it revealed the presence of lymphoid blasts. The diagnosis of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia was then confirmed by bone marrow specimen.