Primary anaplastic large cell lymphoma of the skin.
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma is a subtype of nodal and extranodal lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by peculiar histopathological features and the positivity of lymphoid proliferating cells for Ki-1/Ber-H2 monoclonal antibody. A case, misdiagnosed as cutaneous metastasis and treated by surgery, in a woman with a history of previous neoplasms, is reported. In spite of the histopathological malignancy of the tumor, the patient is alive and free from recurrent or metastatic disease after 3 years of follow-up.
Berti
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First Clinic of Dermatology, University of Milan, Italy.
Gianotti
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Alessi
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D000368:Aged; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000276:immunology; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm / Q000276:immunology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017730:Ki-1 Antigen; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D000951:Antigens, Neoplasm; D017730:Ki-1 Antigen