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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
Subcutaneous panniculitis-like alpha/beta T cell lymphoma
Clinical signs
  • lesions resemble erythema nodosum type of panniculitis
  • the course of the disease is usually non-aggressive
Histology

Nodular subcutaneous nonepidermotropic infiltrate simulating panniculitis. The tumor cells are small (as in MF) or large pleomorphic or anaplastic. Tumorous cells form rimms around adipocytes. In addition foamy and vacuolated macrophages are present; in some cases erythrophagocytosis was detected.

Immunophenotype and genetic features: CD2+, CD3+, CD5+, CD4-, CD8+, TIA-1, granzyme B and perforin.

Clonal rearangement of the genes for alpha/beta chains of the T cells receptor is found in contrast to CD56+ NK lymphomas showing germline configuration.

Subcutaneous panniculitis-like lymphoma (4998)