Infiltration of the skin by leukemic blast cells, or leukemia cutis, most commonly occurs in monocytic forms of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Leukemia cutis can also develop in any acute or chronic form of leukemia. As shown in these photographs of AML cases with leukemia cutis, this condition is highly variable and can include widespread papules, nodules, macules, palpable purpura, plaques, or ulcers. Pain and itching are rare. Prepared by: Dermatologist Yulia Sukhoruchko, participant of the Closed Club of Hematologists
Leukemia Cutis: Specific Skin Lesions in Leukemia
Leukemia cutis is the infiltration of the skin by blast cells in acute myeloid leukemia. Clinical variants of skin manifestations include papules, plaques, nodules, and ulcers.
