Transient leukaemia cutis in hairy-cell leukaemia.
Leukaemic skin infiltration is uncommon in hairy-cell leukaemia (HCL), a neoplasm characterized by the presence of uniform mononuclear cells with cytoplasmic projections in the blood, bone marrow and spleen. A case is reported in which leukaemia cutis was a transient phenomenon, appearing soon after the onset of a continuous pyrexia associated with marked systemic upset which was subsequently shown to be due to pulmonary tuberculosis.
Department of Dermatology, Monklands District General Hospital, Airdrie, UK.
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D006801:Humans; D007943:Leukemia, Hairy Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications