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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
T cell rich B cell lymphoma
Clinical signs
  • most cases are nodal lymphomas
  • T cell rich B cell lymphoma limited to the skin is extremely rare
  • classified as member of diffuse large B cell lymphoma, non leg
  • plaques and nodular lesions
  • location: face, trunk (and erythema nodosum-like lesions)
Histology

Small, well differentiated T lymphocytes (more than 75% of the infiltrating cells) and medium-sized to large cells are disseminated as single units or small clusters (representing the malignant clone).

Immunophenotype and genetic features:

  • reactive, small cells: CD3, CD43, CD45RO positive
  • tumor cells: CD20 and CD79a positive
  • genotype: clonal rearangement of Ig heavy chain disease

T cell rich B cell lymphoma (2509)