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Leukaemia cutis presenting as leonine facies
S A Fadilah1, A A Alawiyah, M A Latif Amir
1Division of Haematology and Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
|October 15, 2003
Abstract:
Acute leukaemia may rarely present as diffuse papules, nodules and plaques forming leonine facies. Leukaemia cutis generally carries a poor prognosis, and responds less well to chemotherapy. We described a case of acute myelomonocytic leukaemia presenting as leonine facies as a result of extensive cutaneous infiltration. The patient did not achieve haematological remission following standard induction chemotherapy and succumbed 6 weeks after the diagnosis was made.