title: The spectrum of cutaneous lesions in pediatric patients with leukemia.
abstract: This is a clinical study that attempts to determine the incidence and patterns of cutaneous lesions in 109 pediatric patients with leukemia. Non-specific lesions, namely, adverse reactions to chemotherapy, complications of immunosuppression, and hemorrhagic diathesis were seen in 88.7% of those patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia and in 88.9% of patients with acute non-lymphocytic leukemia. Leukemia cutis was seen in three patients with acute non-lymphocytic leukemia, and in one patient with congenital leukemia. It seems that although skin complications are a frequent event in the course of childhood leukemia, leukemic infiltration of the skin a is rare event.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, San Juan 00936-5067.
authors.forename: D N
authors.initials: DN
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lugo-Somolinos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents