Leukemia cutis (involving chronic lymphocytic leukemia) within excisional specimens: A series of 6 cases

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 162-165

  Walther, Brian S ^a   Gibbons, George ^b   Chan, Edward F ^c   Ziselman, Ethel ^d   Rothfleisch, Jeremy E ^d   Willard, Robert J ^e   Baldassano, Marisa F ^f  

^a Dermatology Group of the Carolinas   (United States)

^b Dermpath Diagnostics   (United States)

^c Dermatology LTD   (United States)

^d Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

^e Dermatology and Mohs Surgery Center   (United States)

^f Baldassano Dermatopathology PC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Leukemia cutis; Skin cancers

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD5 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E RECEPTOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN LEUKEMIA; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; BIOPSY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; SKIN TUMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD20; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD5; BIOPSY; DERMIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTORS, IGE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67649648057     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181888869     Document Type: Article

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