Pathology
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Atlas of dermatopathology
Josef Feit, Hana Jedličková, Günter Burg, Luděk Matyska, Spasoje Radovanovic et al.
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+ Introduction
+ Literature
+ Support
+ Skin biopsy
+ Non-tumorous skin diseases
+ Skin tumors
+ Cysts of the skin and subcutis
+ Soft tissue lesions
+ Some lesions of the oral cavity
+ Dermatovenerology
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Günter Burg
+ Collection of histological slides by prof. Werner Kempf
+ Collection of histological slides of dr. Ram Chandra Adhikari
Angiocentric and angiodestructive lymphoma
Clinical signs
  • erythroderma
  • infiltrating plaques or flat ulcerations
  • sometimes pulmonary involvement
Histology

Angiocentric and angioinvasive infiltrate composed of a mixture of well differentiated or cerebriform small lymphocytes and variable numbers of atypical lymphoid cells as well as immunoblasts, along with plasma cells, eosinophils and histiocytes.

Infiltration of blood vessels walls causes vascular occlusion and is associated with ischemic necrosis and superficial ulceration.

Immunophenotype and genetic features:

  • T cell markers positive: CD2+, CD5+, CD4+ or CD8+, often CD56+
  • TCR and Ig genes are usually in germline.

Angiocentric lymphoma (2454)