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Leukemia cutis presenting as a scrotal ulcer.

R H Zax1, C L Kulp-Shorten, J P Callen

  • 1Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, KY.

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
|August 1, 1989
PubMed
Summary

A painful scrotal ulcer in a leukemia patient was diagnosed as leukemia cutis, a rare presentation of acute myelogenous leukemia relapse. This case highlights the need to consider leukemia cutis in chronic genital ulcers.

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Area of Science:

  • Oncology
  • Dermatology
  • Hematology

Background:

  • Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (ANLL) can manifest with cutaneous involvement.
  • Genital ulcers are uncommon presentations of ANLL.
  • Leukemia cutis, infiltration of the skin by leukemic cells, is a rare extramedullary manifestation.