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A Case Report of Hairy Cell Leukemia Presenting Concomitantly with Sweet Syndrome

Author(s) -

Mohammad Alkayem,

Waina Cheng

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

case reports in medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 1687-9627

pISSN - 1687-9635

DOI - 10.1155/2014/823286

Subject(s) - pancytopenia , medicine , hairy cell leukemia , rash , leukemia , bone marrow , biopsy , dermatology , bone marrow aspirate , sweet syndrome , sweet's syndrome , pathology , immunology

Hairy cell leukemia and Sweet syndrome are both uncommon hematological diagnoses. We present a patient who was admitted with fevers, pancytopenia, pneumonia, and rash. Diagnostic bone marrow biopsy demonstrates Hairy cell Leukemia and skin biopsy demonstrates neutrophils infiltration consistent with Sweet syndrome. The patient was treated with purine analogs with resolution of the cytopenias, infection, and rash.

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