
Episode 281: The Consult Question #8 – Pancytopenia and Rash
The Clinical Problem Solvers
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The Relationship Between Skin Lesions and a New Diagnose of Leukemia
Alec: How can we directly link perhaps a new diagnosis of leukemia with, with skin lesions? Alec: There's what we call leukemia cutis. So when you do a biopsy, you see the same blast cells that you may see in the peripheral blood or in the bone marrow. You can also get a condition called sweet syndrome. Otherwise known as acute neutrophilia dermatosis and sweet syndrome can happen for many different illnesses,. but leukemia is certainly one of them.
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