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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
Blastic NK cell lymphoma CD4+/CD56+ hematodermic neoplasm
Clinical signs
  • massive skin infiltrates or bruise-like circumscribed swelling in majority of patients
  • oral mucosa is commonly infiltrated
  • aggressive course, most patients die within weeks despite therapy
Histology

Mononomorphous, dense and diffuse infiltrate of medium or large cells within the dermis. No epidermotropism (grenz zone). Erythrocytic extravasations.

Immunophenotype and genetic features:

  • CD4, CD56, CD123 and TCL-1 positive.
  • negative for other T, B, NK cell or myeloid markers
  • some cells may express CD68 or TdT
  • no clonal arrangement of TCR genes

Blastic NK cell lymphoma (4892)

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