Generalized granuloma annulare as an initial manifestation of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia: A report of 2 cases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 274-277

  Hinckley, Michael R ^a,b   Walsh, Sarah N ^a   Molnár, István ^b   Sheehan, Daniel J ^a   Sangueza, Omar P ^a   Yosipovitch, Gil ^a  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; Granuloma annulare; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; AZACITIDINE; CLOBETASOL; DOXEPIN; HYDROXYZINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; DEATH; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUVA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; AZACITIDINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOMONOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUVA THERAPY;

EID: 45849100155     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e318166ea1a     Document Type: Article

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