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Multiple erythematous nodules with a necrotic center in a patient with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Author(s) -

YuWen Yeh,

Weiming Wang

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

dermatologica sinica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.604

H-Index - 17

eISSN - 2223-330X

pISSN - 1027-8117

DOI - 10.1016/j.dsi.2012.02.001

Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoblastic leukemia , dermatology , pathology , leukemia , immunology

A Taiwanese man 20 years of age presented with neutropenic fever, dyspnea, and generalized skin eruptions after receiving chemotherapy for the management of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Figure 1A). The chemotherapy regimen was given for 6 months but discontinued due to the profound pancytopenia, in which the absolute neutrophil count (ANC) was below 100/mm3. Multiple discrete painful skin eruptions started to develop 2 months later. The initial presentation of skin lesions was multiple tender erythematous papules to subcutaneous nodules carrying a necrotic

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