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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
Pagetoid reticulosis Worringer Kolopp
Introduction

Localized superficial low grade skin T cell lymphoma

Clinical signs
  • solitary, psoriatiform, erythematous plaque
  • scaling, crusts
  • lesions are limited to the skin, no spread to other sites of the body (to lymphnodes, peripheral blood, internal organs or bone marrow
  • lesions are highly resistant against therapy
Histology

Psoriatiform hyperplasia, hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis. Large, atypical intraepidermal pagetoid lymphoid cells, singly or arranged in clusters or nests.

Pagetoid cells are vacuolized, with no intercellular bridges, pale staining cytoplasm. Nuclei are large, sometimes convoluted and hyperchromatic. Mitotic figures are rare.

Immunophenotype and genetic features:

  • classical pagetoid reticulosis: CD3+, CD4+, CD5+, CD8-
  • epidermotropic cells are activated T cells
  • CD8+ forms were reported
  • clonality: TCR gene rearrangement

Pagetoid reticulosis (12834)

Pagetoid reticulosis (2428)