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Leukemic dermal infiltrate at the exit site of a central venous catheter
R Martino1, A Sureda, D Sitjas
1Department of Clinical Hematology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
Haematologica
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
This report describes the case of a minimally differentiated acute myeloid leukemia (FAB M0) diagnosed in a 55-year-old woman. During a second chemotherapy-induced complete remission, a subcutaneous nodule appeared at the scar of a recently removed Hickman catheter, which when biopsied revealed leukemic infiltration of the dermis and hypodermis. The patient had a bone marrow relapse three weeks later. The authors review similar recent reports and emphasize the importance of recognizing this particular type of cutaneous leukemic relapse.