Apparent isolated skin relapse in acute monocytic leukemia. A case report.
A case of acute monocytic leukemia with an apparent isolated skin relapse is reported. The cutaneous involvement was associated with a morphological bone marrow remission but a cytogenetic relapse was present. Regression of the skin lesions was obtained with a protocol including daunoblastine, aracytin and thioguanine, but the patient relapsed and died a few months later without achieving another remission. The relation between cutaneous and medullary disease is discussed.
Pagano
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Istituto di Semeiotica Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
Larocca
L M
LM
Zollino
M
M
Sica
S
S
Storti
S
S
Rotoli
M
M
Marra
R
R
Leone
G
G
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007948:Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D012074:Remission Induction; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*