Juliette Renaud, Bianca F Goemans, Franco Locatelli, Martina Pigazzi, Shelagh Redmond, Claudia E Kuehni, Alice Destaillats, Todd A Alonzo, Robert B Gerbing, Alan Gamis, Richard Aplenc, Raffaele Renella, Todd Cooper, Francesco Ceppi
BACKGROUND: Myeloid neoplasms account for 50% of cases of pediatric leukemias in infants. Approximately 25%-50% of patients with newborn leukemia have cutaneous extramedullary disease (EMD). In less than 10% of patients, aleukemic leukemia cutis or isolated extramedullary disease with cutaneous involvement (cEMD) occurs when skin lesions appear prior to bone marrow involvement and systemic symptoms. Interestingly, in acute myeloid leukemia with cutaneous EMD (AML-cEMD) and cEMD, spontaneous remissions have been reported...
April 14, 2024: Pediatric Blood & Cancer