Chilblain-like leukemia cutis

Pediatr Dermatol. 2007 Jan-Feb;24(1):38-41. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2007.00330.x.

Abstract

We present a 6-year-old girl with an 8-month history of fluctuating chilblain-like lesions on the toes. A full blood count showed slight thrombocytopenia and monocytosis. A skin biopsy specimen showed a dense perivascular and superficial dermal cellular infiltrate which was CD3(-), CD43(+), and lysosyme + on immunocytochemistry, suggesting a monocytic origin. Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia was diagnosed after a bone marrow biopsy and spontaneous marrow colony growth in culture.

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Chilblains
  • Child
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Leukemia / diagnosis*
  • Leukemia / pathology
  • Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Toes