Leukemia Cutis Skin Lesions
That is they are not itchy or sore.
Leukemia cutis skin lesions. Leukaemia cutis can present with various types of skin lesion. Acute leukemias are due to malignant transformation of leukocytes early in development while chronic leukemias arise from more differentiated malignant leukocytes. Most skin complications of leukemia are leukemids lesions that are unrelated to leukemic infiltration of the skin. In the list you will also find the characteristic features of leukemia cutis lesions explained in detail.
This condition may be contrasted with leukemids which are skin lesions that occur with leukemia but which are not related to leukemic cell infiltration. While the skin is the third most common place for leukemic involvement after the blood and bone marrow leukemia cutis is a rare condition. Leukemia cutis is the infiltration of neoplastic leukocytes or their precursors into the skin resulting in clinically identifiable cutaneous lesions. The term leukemia cutis lc describes the skin changes caused by infiltration of extramedullary leukemic cells.
Only about 3 percent of those with leukemia will experience leukemia cutis. Leukemia cutis is the infiltration of neoplastic leukocytes or their precursors into the epidermis the dermis or the subcutis resulting in clinically identifiable cutaneous lesions. Leukemia can be myeloid or lymphoid and acute or chronic.