Malignant angioendotheliomatosis. Reclassification as an angiotropic lymphoma.
A 70-year-old woman with chronic edema of the lower limbs was diagnosed as having a "malignant angio-endotheliomatosis," because histologic examination showed a strict intravascular location of a malignant proliferation. Immunochemical studies actually disclosed the lymphomatous origin of malignant cells. The recent literature regarding the nosology of this rare condition is reviewed.
Department of Dermatology I and II, Hospital Saint-Jaques, Besançon, France.
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Drobacheff
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Blanc
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Zultak
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Humbert
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Carbillet
J L
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Dupond
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Laurent
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006390:Hemangioendothelioma / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*