Postępy Dermatologii i Alergologii

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1/2011 vol. 28

Case report Subcutaneous tumours as a harbinger of acute myeloid leukaemia recurrence

Post Dermatol Alergol 2011; XXVIII, 1: 67–70
Online publish date: 2011/03/07
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Skin lesions may suggest the recurrence of haematopoietic neoplasia. Cutaneous manifestations in leukaemia are divided into specific (leukaemia cutis, leukaemic vasculitis) and non-specific (leukaemids). Non-specific lesions may cause diagnostic difficulties due to their diversity. This paper presents two patients with acute myeloid leukaemia with skin lesions presented as tumours located in subcutaneous tissue. In both cases skin lesions precede the recurrence of the haematopoietic neoplasia.
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