title: Cutaneous alternariosis revealing acute myeloid leukaemia in an adult patient.
abstract: We report a case of cutaneous alternariosis in a 69-year-old male patient. During hospitalization for treatment of the skin disorder, acute myeloid leukaemia was diagnosed. He received multiple chemotherapeutic agents but the leukaemia remained refractory to therapy and the patient died. The clinical picture, diagnosis and treatment of cutaneous alternariosis will be discussed and a review of the literature regarding patients with haematological diseases will be given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Heraklion University General Hospital, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. photeini@in.gr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ioannidou
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maraki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Krüger Krasagakis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stefanidou
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krasagakis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alexandrakis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tosca
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000528:Alternaria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology