Dermatomyositis

A type of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy characterized by evocative skin lesions and symmetrical proximal muscle weakness.

Pancytopenia

An abnormal reduction in numbers of all blood cell types (red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets).


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PMID (PMCID)
9168450
 MALE
Facial heliotrope rash as the initial manifestation of acute myelomonocytic leukemia.
Tzavara V, Stamoulis K, Aroni KG, Kordossis T, Boki KA.
Leuk Lymphoma. 1997;25(3-4):393-8.
We describe a patient who developed a skin rash, histologically compatible with dermatomyositis, which during the course of the disease switched to leukocytoclastic vasculitis, which was accompanied with peripheral blood pancytopenia in the absence of any specific pathological manifestation from the bone marrow three years prior to the diagnosis of acute myelomonocytic leukemia (AMML).
8275041
 FEMALE Adult
Reinduction of remission of chronic myeloid leukemia by donor leukocyte transfusion following relapse after bone marrow transplantation: recovery complicated by initial pancytopenia and late dermatomyositis.
Leber B, Walker IR, Rodriguez A, McBride JA, Carter R, Brain MC.
Bone Marrow Transplant. 1993;12(4):405-7.
Reinduction of remission of chronic myeloid leukemia by donor leukocyte transfusion following relapse after bone marrow transplantation: recovery complicated by initial pancytopenia and late dermatomyositis.