LEUKEMIA-CUTIS IN CHRONIC CD8-LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA( T)

Authors
KISHIMOTO H MAMADA A KATAYAMA I NISHIOKA K
Citation
H. Kishimoto et al., LEUKEMIA-CUTIS IN CHRONIC CD8-LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIA( T), Dermatology, 192(2), 1996, pp. 134-135
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10188665
Volume
192
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
134 - 135
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-8665(1996)192:2<134:LICCT>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
A 66-year-old woman with CD8+ chronic lymphocytic leukaemia developed multiple indurated erythema or plaques, A skin biopsy specimen showed dense infiltration of leukaemia cells in the dermis and subcutaneous t issue. Most of the infiltrating cells were CD8+ cells. To our best kno wledge, leukaemia cutis such as this case showing plaques with diffuse infiltration of CD8+ cells has not been reported previously.