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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
NK cell lymphoma (CD56+)
Introduction

Uncommon lymphoma consisting of cells positive natural killer cell marker.

Clinical signs
  • aggressive course, most patients die despite therapy
  • to the nasal type of NK lymphoma belong cases with destruction of soft tissues of the face (lethal midline granuloma of Krause Woods)
Histology

Features resemble angiocentric T cell lymphoma. Epidermotropism in 50% of cases.

Cytology: small round lymphocytes, small cells with cleaved nuclei or medium sized to large cells. In many cases the azophilic granules typical for LGL are seen.

Immunophenotype and genetic features:

  • CD2+, CD3-, CD4-, CD8+/-, CD16+, CD56+, CD57+/-
  • T cell markers are negative in medium to large lymphoid tumor cells

NK cell lymphoma (2486)