
Extensive cutaneous manifestations: Presenting feature of chronic myelocytic leukemia in second blast crisis
Author(s) -
Manish Singhal,
Sarika Singh,
Rajive Kumar,
Vinod Raina
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.70682
Subject(s) - medicine , leukemia cutis , scalp , dermis , trunk , pathology , dermatology , cutis , infiltration (hvac) , myelocytic leukemia , leukemia , bone marrow , immunology , biology , ecology , physics , thermodynamics
Leukemia cutis is the infiltration of neoplastic leukocytes or their precursors into the epidermis, the dermis, or the subcutis, resulting in clinically identifiable cutaneous lesions. We describe a case of CML who presented with extensive cutaneous manifestations at the time of second blast crisis with multiple subcutaneous skin nodules over the face and trunk with extensive violaceous papules and plaques over all four limbs and the trunk, with scalp showing extensive crusting and scaling with foul smelling discharge.