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Myelodysplastic syndrome presenting as cutaneous vasculitis
Author(s) -
O'DONNELL B.F.,
WILLIAMS H.C.,
CARR R.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1995.tb01369.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myelodysplastic syndromes , myeloid leukaemia , vasculitis , cutaneous vasculitis , refractory anemia , dermatology , refractory (planetary science) , pathology , bone marrow , disease , physics , astrobiology
Summary A patient presenting with cutaneous vasculitis was noted to be pancytopenic. Subsequent investigation showed a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)–refractory anaemia with excess of blasts. Within 3 months her MDS progressed to acute myeloid leukaemia.