title: Rapidly progressive fatal cutaneous T cell lymphoma with a trauma-related presentation.
abstract: A case of rapidly progressive cutaneous T cell lymphoma with a trauma-related presentation in a 73-year-old man is reported. Clinically, the patient presented with an ulcerated cutaneous mass at the site of trauma-related hematoma of the leg. The histopathology was that of tumor phase cutaneous T cell lymphoma with involvement of the skin and subcutis. The diagnostic challenge of this clinical presentation and the rapidly progressive course are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Pathology and Radiology, North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills, New York 11375, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Narasimhan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hitti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Glasberg
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kanzer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000150:complications; D016410:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed