title: Leukaemia cutis presenting as leonine facies.
abstract: Acute leukaemia may rarely present as diffuse papules, nodules and plaques forming leonine facies. Leukaemia cutis generally carries a poor prognosis, and responds less well to chemotherapy. We described a case of acute myelomonocytic leukaemia presenting as leonine facies as a result of extensive cutaneous infiltration. The patient did not achieve haematological remission following standard induction chemotherapy and succumbed 6 weeks after the diagnosis was made.
authors.affiliation: Division of Haematology and Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Fadilah
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Alawiyah
authors.forename: M A Latif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Amir
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Cheong
mesh_terms: D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D019066:Facies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D015479:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged