Erythema Annulare Centrifugum and Relapsing Polychondritis Associated with Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Case Report
Journal Title: Turkish Journal of Hematology - Year 2012, Vol 29, Issue 3
Abstract
To the Editor, Erythema annulare centrifugum (EAC) is a slow progressing and recurring skin disease with unknown etiology, characterized by ring shaped erythematous skin rashes. EAC was first described by Darier in 1916, and classified in 1978 by Ackerman into a superficial and a deep type [1]. EAC has been associated with many different entities, including infections, food allergy and drug reactions, polycythemia vera, cryoglobulinaemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, hypereosinophilic syndrome, hyperthyroidism, autoimmune thyroidities, hepatic diseases, pregnancy and malignant neoplasms [2]. Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a disease which progresses with inflammatory attacks on articular and non-articular cartilaginous tissue and is most commonly encountered as auricular chondritis. In auricular chondritis, that the earlobe is not affected and existence of one or two sided fulminant rubescence, sensitivity and oedema on external ear cartilaginous tissue are salient [3]. We report a case, who was diagnosed with acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) two months after EAC was detected. Bilateral auricular chondritis developed in the third day of her chemotherapy and EAC lesions relapsed during the course of chemotherapy.
Authors and Affiliations
Selami Toprak, Sema Karakuş, Aysun Halaçoğlu, Efe Hasdemir, Halit Üner
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