ABSTRACT

Leukemia cutis occurs with infiltration of skin or subcutaneous tissue by leukemic cells. Erythematous violaceous papules, nodules, ecchymoses and purpuric lesions are frequent in leukemia cutis. A 75-year-old female patient diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia is presented. On her dermatological examination she had erythematous, edematous, central violaceous multiple plaques on her right arm and on her right dorsum of the hand, and hemorrhagic crust covered ulcer patch was seen in violaceous on her left leg. She was diagnosed with leukemia cutis according to clinical and histopathological features.