Painful Plaques During Chemo

A patient with acute leukemia on induction Chemotherapy presents with painful, edematous skin plaques. What is the diagnosis? Learn about this unique skin reaction.

Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis


A 42-year-old woman receiving induction chemotherapy for acute monocytic leukemia developed edematous, erythematous plaques on her face. Biopsy showed perieccrine neutrophilic infiltration with eccrine duct necrosis. What is the most likely diagnosis?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Eccrine miliaria rubra
Leukemia cutis
Erysipelas
Drug-induced lupus
Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis

Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, Chemotherapy, Cytarabine, Neutrophilic Dermatosis, Neutrophilic eccrine hidradenitis

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