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Leukaemia cutis presenting as digital and chilblain-like perniosis Volume 20, numéro 6, November-December 2010

Auteurs
Dept of dermatology, Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, CA2 7PH Carlisle, UK

Auteur(s) : Firas Al-Niaimi, Manan Chadha, Neil Cox Dept of dermatology, Cumberland Infirmary, Newtown Road, CA2 7PH Carlisle, UK Leukaemia cutis (LC) is an entity that describes the dissemination of leukaemic cells to the skin with local proliferation [1]. Chilblain-like perniosis has been reported only rarely in the setting of leukaemia. We describe four cases of digital chilblain-like perniosis associated with leukaemia and myelodysplasia (MDS). In all four cases perniosis was the initial presentation [...]