Salvage chemotherapy for the treatment of Leukemia cutis in a patient with acute monocytic leukemia

Authors

  • Mehrdad Payandeh Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
  • Afshin Karami Department of Hematology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  • Noorodin Karami Department of Genetics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
  • Soode Enayati Department of Biotechnology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
  • Mehrnoush Aeinfar Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15419/bmrat.v6i1.517

Keywords:

Cutis, Leukemia, Monocytic, Salvage chemotherapy

Abstract

Leukemia cutis (LC) is a rare disorder that is distinguished by the infiltration of leukemic cells into the skin. This can be a manifestation of relapse of the previously treated leukemia. We report a case of a 70-year-old woman with acute monocytic leukemia (AMOL), whose disease relapsed and developed into LC after a successful induction therapy. Salvage chemotherapy has been applied successfully to prevent the development of LC in the patient's skin.

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Published

2019-01-30

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Case report

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Copyright The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access by BioMedPress. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0) which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. 

How to Cite

Salvage chemotherapy for the treatment of Leukemia cutis in a patient with acute monocytic leukemia. (2019). Biomedical Research and Therapy, 6(1), 2970-2973. https://doi.org/10.15419/bmrat.v6i1.517

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