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. 2014 Apr 22;17:307. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.17.307.2726

Specific cutaneous involvement in a child with monoblastic leukemia

Siham Cherkaoui 1,&, Said Benchekroun 1
PMCID: PMC4198269  PMID: 25328603

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A 13-year-old boy, admitted with hemorrhagic syndrome and fever. Physical exam showed dermo-hypodermic nodular lesion on the whole body (Figure 1), facial edema (Figure 2), splenomegaly at 2 cm and angulo mandibular lymph node of 2cm. Count blood cells found white blood cell at 1360/mm3 with 94% of blasts, anemia at 8.3 g/dl and thrombocytopenia at 38000/mm3. Morphological examination of bone marrow confirmed diagnosis of acute monoblastic leukemia. Flow cytometry showed positivity of CD11c, CD13, CD33, CD34, HLA-DR. karyotype was normal. Child received chemotherapy.

Figure 1.

Figure 1

A) Cutaneous nodules; B) Facial edema


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