Jasim Z F, Cooke N, Somerville J E, Hay R J
Department of Dermatology, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, BT9 7AB, UK.
Br J Dermatol. 2006 May;154(5):981-2. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07129.x.
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) infiltrating the skin is uncommon and can present in different forms. We report a case of CLL infiltrating the prominent parts of the face and the scalp. A 63-year-old male with a 10-year history of CLL presented with plum-coloured swelling of the skin of the ears, eyebrows, tip of the nose and the scalp. Histopathology showed dense sheets of lymphoid infiltrate of the dermis which stained positive with B-cell markers CD20 and CD5 in keeping with the infiltrate of CLL.
