Primary cutaneous anaplastic large-cell lymphoma with a prolonged erythrodermic prodrome.
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a high grade non-Hodgkins lymphoma recognized by the expression of the CD30 marker and by its morphology. We report a patient with a 6-year history of a non-specific erythroderma in whom ALCL developed with rapid and fatal dissemination to the lymph nodes and internal organs.
Denton
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Department of Histopathology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, U.K.
Wilson
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Venning
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D000368:Aged; D003873:Dermatitis, Exfoliative / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*