Leukemia cutis presenting as a chronic herpes zoster ulceration
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine. 1984 October;51(4):667-669 | 10.3949/ccjm.51.4.667
October 1, 1984|Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
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Abstract
A 75-year-old white man with leukemia had a persistent herpes zoster ulceration with biopsy-specimen evidence of B-cell leukemic infiltrate. Leukemia should be considered in patients with persistent, nonhealing herpes zoster ulceration.
