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Skin infiltration with chronic lymphocytic leukemia is consistent with a good prognosis
Dawn E Colburn1, Mary-Alma Welch, Francis J Giles
1Department of Leukemia, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA. dcolburn@mdanderson.org
Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
|September 24, 2002
Abstract:
Skin infiltration with B-lymphocyte chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) is rare. In contrast to Richters transformation of CLL or myeloid leukemias, skin involvement in CLL may be consistent with prolonged survival, as illustrated by the currently reported two cases. As in these patients, local therapy for skin disease may delay or obviate the need for systemic therapy in B-CLL.