Leukemia Cutis Skin Lesions
Leukemia can be myeloid or lymphoid and acute or chronic.
Leukemia cutis skin lesions. Leukaemia cutis can present with various types of skin lesion. Acute leukemias are due to malignant transformation of leukocytes early in development while chronic leukemias arise from more differentiated malignant leukocytes. Most skin complications of leukemia are leukemids lesions that are unrelated to leukemic infiltration of the skin. Leukemia cutis is the infiltration of neoplastic leukocytes or their precursors into the skin resulting in clinically identifiable cutaneous lesions.
This condition may be contrasted with leukemids which are skin lesions that occur with leukemia but which are not related to leukemic cell infiltration. Leukemia cutis is the infiltration of neoplastic leukocytes or their precursors into the epidermis the dermis or the subcutis resulting in clinically identifiable cutaneous lesions. In the list you will also find the characteristic features of leukemia cutis lesions explained in detail. Firm papules small bumps nodules larger lumps and plaques thickened flat patches which may be skin coloured red brown or purple diffuse eczema like red dry thickened skin erythroderma.
They are usually asymptomatic. That is they are not itchy or sore. The term leukemia cutis lc describes the skin changes caused by infiltration of extramedullary leukemic cells.