Cutaneous vasculitis as a presenting manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia

Nambiar Veettil Jayachandran; Joe Thomas; Pradeep Kumar Shenoy Chandrasekhara; Suresh Kanchinadham; Jugal Kishore Kadel; Gumdal Narsimulu

doi:10.1111/j.1756-185X.2009.01383.x

Cutaneous vasculitis as a presenting manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia

Int J Rheum Dis. 2009 Apr;12(1):70-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2009.01383.x.

Authors

Nambiar Veettil Jayachandran¹, Joe Thomas, Pradeep Kumar Shenoy Chandrasekhara, Suresh Kanchinadham, Jugal Kishore Kadel, Gumdal Narsimulu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Nizam's Institute of, Medical Sciences, Panjagutta, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.

PMID: 20374321
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-185X.2009.01383.x

Abstract

One of the rare causes of secondary vasculitides is malignancy. Hematological malignancies produce secondary vasculitis more frequently than solid malignancies. Here in we report a case of acute myeloid leukemia presenting with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive vasculitis. This case highlights the importance of looking for underlying malignancies, especially leukemias in patients presenting with features of systemic vasculitides.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / blood
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use
Humans
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / blood
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / complications
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / diagnosis*
Paraneoplastic Syndromes / blood
Paraneoplastic Syndromes / complications
Paraneoplastic Syndromes / diagnosis*
Prednisolone / therapeutic use
Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / blood
Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / complications
Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / diagnosis*
Vasculitis, Leukocytoclastic, Cutaneous / drug therapy

Substances

Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Glucocorticoids
Prednisolone