Early Diagnosis of Leukemic Children Patients Based on Clinical, Age Estimation and Radiographical Evaluation of Oral Affection

Early diagnosis of leukemia which is malignant tumor affecting bone especially in children is import to allow early intervention improving prognosis. It is known that leukemic patients suffer from clinical signs as anemia, thrombocytopenia, and pronounced hepatosplenomegaly or lymphadenopathy. However, sometimes these clinical signs may be not clearly manifested and may look like anemia. The early diagnosis could be achieved through dentist by accessing clinical and radiographical signs such as oral masses, gingival bleeding /or enlargement and oral ulceration with radiographical features including focal or generalized osteolysis of bone with presence of moth eating appearance and even with abnormal teeth chronology regarding teeth morphology, germ formation of permanent teeth and their sequence of eruption. Therefore, accessing of these special clinical and radiographical features by the dentist could help in early diagnosis of leukemic children patients

Sex

All

Minimum age

6 Years

Maximum age

10 Years

Inclusion Criteria:

1-Children will be aged from 6-10 years 2 Children diagnosed with leukemia but they don't start treatment yet

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Exclusion Criteria:

1. Children below or above the age
2. Children already diagnosed by leukemia and started treatment
3. Children diagnosed by other bone lesions showing osteolytic bone or anemia as thalassemia or sickle cell anemia or any other bone pathology