Cellulitis with Leukocytopenia as an Initial Sign of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia

• Main Authors: Sachiko Sakamoto (Author), Naoki Oiso (Author), Masakatsu Emoto (Author), Shusuke Uchida (Author), Ayaka Hirao (Author), Yoichi Tatsumi (Author), Itaru Matsumura (Author), Akira Kawada (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Karger Publishers, 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Patients with hematologic malignancies are immunosuppressive and may develop cutaneous or invasive infections as a primary sign of immune suppression. Acute promyelocytic leukemia (acute myeloid leukemia M3) is caused by translocation of reciprocal chromosomal rearrangement t(15;17), which produces...