Cutaneous Vasculitis as the Initial Manifestation in Acute Myelomonocytic Leukemia
Authors: Konstantinos Bourantas
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1994)

Brief Communications15 December 1994Cutaneous Vasculitis as the Initial Manifestation in Acute Myelomonocytic LeukemiaKonstantinos Bourantas, MD, Vasiliki D. Malamou-Mitsi, MD, Leonidas Christou, MD, Spiridoula Filippidou, RN, and Alexandros A. Drosos, MDKonstantinos Bourantas, MDFrom the School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece., Vasiliki D. Malamou-Mitsi, MDFrom the School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece., Leonidas Christou, MDFrom the School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece., Spiridoula Filippidou, RNFrom the School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece., and Alexandros A. Drosos, MDFrom the School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-121-12-199412150-00006 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Vasculitides are a heterogeneous group of clinical disorders that are idiopathic (polyarteritis nodosa, Wegener granulomatosis) and that may be associated with connective tissue diseases (systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma); with sepsis; or with neoplasia [1, 2], especially leukemias and lymphomas [3-11]. In vasculitides, the basic histopathologic characteristic is inflammatory changes in vessel walls. The inflammatory infiltrate can be predominantly neutrophilic (usually accompanied by leukocytoclasis), lymphocytic, or granulomatous. Necrotizing changes (usually of fibrinoid type) of the vessel wall may be present or absent. 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