Type B Lactic Acidosis Associated with T - Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Pediatric Case Study

Aerobic glycolysis or Warburg effect (WE) is a common cause of hyperlactatemia in adults with cancer, uncommonly seen in the pediatric population. We describe an unusual case of a teenager with lactic acidosis as the presenting lab abnormality with no other abnormality suggestive of an oncologic process, who was later diagnosed with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).