Primary aleukemic myeloid leukemia cutis treated successfully with combination chemotherapy: Report of a case and review of the literature

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 435-439

  Chang, H ^a   Shih, L Y ^a   Kuo, T T ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aleukemic; Immunophenotypic analysis; Leukemia cutis; Monocytic lineage; Primary extramedullary leukemia

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; PREDNISOLONE; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CELL LINEAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA CELL; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONOCYTE; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN LYMPHOMA; SKIN NODULE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CELL LINEAGE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKEMIA, SUBLEUKEMIC; MALE; MONOCYTES; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0043135173     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-003-0673-6     Document Type: Article

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