Primary cutaneous extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma presenting as bilateral erythematous patches on the arms

Natural killer/T-cell lymphoma is a rare, Epstein-Barr virus-associated type of cytotoxic lymphoma thatpresents mainly in the nasal cavity and its vicinity. Very few cases of primary cutaneous extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma have been reported till date. All the previously reported cases o...

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Published in:Indian journal of dermatology, venereology, and leprology venereology, and leprology, 2017-07, Vol.83 (4), p.453
Main Authors: Moon, Ik Jun, Kang, Hyun Ji, Lee, Mi Woo, Lee, Woo Jin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arm - pathology
Arms
Biopsy
Care and treatment
Classification
Dermatology
Diagnosis, Differential
Erythema - complications
Erythema - diagnosis
Erythema - immunology
Hemoglobin
Humans
Killer cells
Killer Cells, Natural - immunology
Killer Cells, Natural - pathology
Lymphoma
Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous - complications
Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous - diagnosis
Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous - immunology
Male
Medicine
Middle Aged
Morphology
Patients
T cell lymphoma
T cell receptors
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Summary:Natural killer/T-cell lymphoma is a rare, Epstein-Barr virus-associated type of cytotoxic lymphoma thatpresents mainly in the nasal cavity and its vicinity. Very few cases of primary cutaneous extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma have been reported till date. All the previously reported cases of primary cutaneous extranodalnatural killer/T-cell lymphoma presented as lesions resembling cellulitis, subcutaneous nodules or ulcers. We report a rare case which presented as erythematous and purpuric round patches on the arms and was finally diagnosed as primary cutaneous extranodalnatural killer/T-cell lymphoma, following a skin biopsy. The atypical patchy lesions presented a diagnostic challenge. We herein describe this clinically novel atypical patch-like presentation of primary cutaneous extranodalnatural killer/T-cell lymphoma together with the key histopathologic features and highlights of the previously reported cases.
ISSN:0378-6323
0973-3922
1998-3611
DOI:10.4103/ijdvl.IJDVL_264_16