Korean J Dermatol.
2003 Feb;41(2):227-231.
A Case of T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Involving the Skin
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Dermatology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
- 2Department of Pathology, Catholic University of Daegu School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Abstract
- Lymphoblastic lymphoma(LBL) is non-Hodgkin's lymphoma with a high tendency of rapid progression to acute leukemia, but cutaneous infiltration is rare. Cutaneous lesions in LBL were largely red papules and nodules. We herein report a case of 24-year-old woman with T-cell LBL(TLBL) involving the skin. The lesions revealed 1~3 cm-sized, multiple confluent scaly patches on her face and back, and subsided about 4 weeks later during the period of follow-up and combination chemotherapy. Histologically there were perivascular, periadnexal and perineural infiltrates of medium-sized lymphoid cells in mid to deep dermis. The neoplastic cells had scant cytoplasm, very fine chromatin, and inconspicuous nucleoli and expressed CD5, CD45, CD45RO and TdT.
