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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
Mantle cell lymphoma
Clinical signs
  • disease is rarely limited to the skin; dissemination from the lymphodes is much more common
Histology

Nodular growth, no follicular structures with CD21+ dendritic cells and admixture of eosinophils and plasmocytes.

Cells are of medium size with irregular, cleaved nuclei.

Immunophenotype and genetic features:

  • neoplastic cells: CD20+, CD79a+, CD5+
  • genotype: rearangement of bcl-1 gene in nodal MCL