Journal of Korean Society of Ultrasound in Medicine 2010;29(4): 247-252.
Ultrasound and MR Findings of Aleukemic Leukemia Cutis in a Patient with Complete Remission of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Case Report.
Min Sung Kim, Won Hee Jee, Sun Ki Kim, So Yeon Lee, Gye Yeon Lim, Gyeongsin Park, Seok Lee
1Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea. whjee@catholic.ac.kr
2Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
3Department of Hematology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Korea.
  Published online: December 1, 2010.
ABSTRACT
Aleukemic leukemia cutis is an extremely rare condition characterized by the infiltration of leukemic cells in skin without blasts in the peripheral blood. Leukemia cutis is considered a grave prognostic sign, thus early diagnosis is important. Leukemia cutis usually occurs in patients with myeloid leukemia. To the best of our knowledge, there has been no report regarding the radiological findings of aleukemic leukemia cutis, which is probably due to the presence of the skin changes in most patients. We report the ultrasound and MR findings of aleukemic leukemia cutis, even without the skin manifestation in patients with a history of complete remission of the acute lymphoblastic leukemia following an allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation.
Keywords: Aleukemic leukemia cutis; Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Subcutaneous tissue; Ultrasound (US); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
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