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Subcutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma. A Clinical and Histopathologic Study of An Additional Case
Joanna Maj
; Department of Dermatology, Wroclaw University School of Medicine, Wroclaw, Poland
Tomasz Kolodziej
; Department of Dermatology, Wroclaw University School of Medicine, Wroclaw, Poland
Zdzislaw Wozniak
; Department of Dermatology, Wroclaw University School of Medicine, Wroclaw, Poland
Abstract
A case of a 62-year-old woman with recurrent subcutaneous nodules,
fever and pancytopenia diagnosed as subcutaneous T-cell lymphoma is presented. Incision biopsy revealed lobular panniculitis with an inflammatory infiltrate
of atypical T lymphocytes. She was treated with 7 courses of CHOP with transient
remission, and she died af ter 17 months of disease from fatal hemorrhagic com plications due to the hemophagocytic syndrome.
Keywords
subcutaneous T-cell lymphoma; panniculitis; hemophagocytic syndrome
Hrčak ID:
88552
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Publication date:
1.4.2004.
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