TURKISH JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2005 , Vol 20 , Num 1
A CASE REPORT OF JUVENILE MYELOMONOCYTIC LEUKEMIA PRESENTING WITH SWEET'S SYNDROME
Dr. Serap KARAMAN, Dr. Tiraje CELKAN , Dr. İsa ÖZYILMAZ, Dr. Alp ÖZKAN, Dr. Hilmi APAK, Dr. Yıldız CAMCIOĞLU, Dr. İnci YILDIZ
İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi Pediatrik Hematoloji-Onkoloji ve İnfeksiyon Hastalıkları Bilim Dalları, İstanbul Many disease's first clues could be detected in dermis. If skin lesions are immediately resulted with prompt medical consultation, many skin conditions in children could be diagnosed during early periods. Herein a boy with Juvenile chronic myelomonositer leukemia (JMML), followed-up as Sweet Syndrome for 8 month period, in whom hepatosplenomegaly and cytopenia diagnosed after skin lesions, is presented. Skin lesion and relation with malignansies are overviewed and myelodisplasia which are rarely seen in childhood and hardly diagnosed if the the disease not suspected, are mentioned. Keywords : Sweet syndrome, JMML, malignancy