Myelodysplastic syndrome presenting as cutaneous vasculitis.
A patient presenting with cutaneous vasculitis was noted to be pancytopenic. Subsequent investigation showed a myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)--refractory anaemia with excess of blasts. Within 3 months her MDS progressed to acute myeloid leukaemia.
O'Donnell
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BF
St John's Institute of Dermatology, UMDS, London, UK.
Williams
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HC
Carr
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000754:Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts / Q000150:complications*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011289:Preleukemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017445:Skin Diseases, Vascular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology