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Leukemia Cutis in an Infant with Congenital Leukemia and Tetralogy of Fallot

Congenital leukemia is a very rare severe condition and leukemia cutis may represent the presenting sign of this malignancy, sometimes preceding hematological findings of weeks. Typical clinical features include multiple red to purple papules, macules and nodules due to direct infiltration of the sk...

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Autores principales: Picone, Simonetta, Aufieri, Roberto, Bressan, Katia, Paolillo, Piermichele
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4089128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25024984
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.134715
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author Picone, Simonetta
Aufieri, Roberto
Bressan, Katia
Paolillo, Piermichele
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Aufieri, Roberto
Bressan, Katia
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description Congenital leukemia is a very rare severe condition and leukemia cutis may represent the presenting sign of this malignancy, sometimes preceding hematological findings of weeks. Typical clinical features include multiple red to purple papules, macules and nodules due to direct infiltration of the skin by malignant cells. We illustrate these cutaneous findings in a patient with congenital leukemia and tetralogy of Fallot.
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spelling pubmed-40891282014-07-14 Leukemia Cutis in an Infant with Congenital Leukemia and Tetralogy of Fallot Picone, Simonetta Aufieri, Roberto Bressan, Katia Paolillo, Piermichele J Clin Neonatol Images in Clinical Neonatology Congenital leukemia is a very rare severe condition and leukemia cutis may represent the presenting sign of this malignancy, sometimes preceding hematological findings of weeks. Typical clinical features include multiple red to purple papules, macules and nodules due to direct infiltration of the skin by malignant cells. We illustrate these cutaneous findings in a patient with congenital leukemia and tetralogy of Fallot. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4089128/ /pubmed/25024984 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.134715 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Clinical Neonatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Images in Clinical Neonatology
Picone, Simonetta
Aufieri, Roberto
Bressan, Katia
Paolillo, Piermichele
Leukemia Cutis in an Infant with Congenital Leukemia and Tetralogy of Fallot
title Leukemia Cutis in an Infant with Congenital Leukemia and Tetralogy of Fallot
title_full Leukemia Cutis in an Infant with Congenital Leukemia and Tetralogy of Fallot
title_fullStr Leukemia Cutis in an Infant with Congenital Leukemia and Tetralogy of Fallot
title_full_unstemmed Leukemia Cutis in an Infant with Congenital Leukemia and Tetralogy of Fallot
title_short Leukemia Cutis in an Infant with Congenital Leukemia and Tetralogy of Fallot
title_sort leukemia cutis in an infant with congenital leukemia and tetralogy of fallot
topic Images in Clinical Neonatology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4089128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25024984
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2249-4847.134715
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