Main description:

This book offers a unique insight into the world of cutaneous lymphomas. In addition to the case description it gives the clinical, histological, and in most cases also the phenotypical features and the results of molecular techniques. A commentary puts the observations into the context of cutaneous lymphomas. High quality pictures accompany this exceptional collection of rare and unusual cases. These will interest dermatologists, oncologists, pathologists and hematologists.

Contents:

Mature T-cell and NK-cell Neoplasms.- Familial mycosis fungoides; involving a father and daughter.- A case of mycosis fungoides with polyarthritis showing clonal identity in skin and synovial tissue.- Vesicular mycosis fungoides.- Unusual case of mycosis fungoides clinically mimicking a dermatophytosis subsequently evolving in aggressive CD30- cutaneous lymphoma.- Sclero-atrophic mycosis fungoides with a cytotoxic atypical phenotype.- CD56+ early mycosis fungoides.- Sezary syndrome with t(2;5) translocation, as developed after prolonged cyclosporine therapy for actinic reticuloid.- CD8+ Lymphomatoid papulosis with simultaneous Type A, Type B, and Type C lesions.- Lymphomatoid papulosis with a NK-cell phenotype.- Anaplastic large cell lymphoma associated with acquired ichthyosis.- Anaplastic large cell T-cell lymphoma.- Primary cutaneous histiocyte and neutrophil rich CD30+/CD56+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma of the scalp with prominent angio- and neuroinvasion.- Late relapse of primary cutaneous CD30+ anaplastic large cell lymphoma confirmed by T-cell receptor (TCR) PCR analysis.- Peripheral CD4+ T-cell lymphoma with cytotoxic phenotype.- CD8+ disseminated small and medium pleomorphic T-cell lymphoma with blood involvement and secondary hemophagocytic syndrome.- CD8+ cutaneous T-cell lymphoma with an indolent course.- Primary cutaneous pleomorphic small/medium-sized T-cell lymphoma revealed by a plantar callus.- Atypical poorly differentiated cutaneous T-cell lymphoma with an angiocentric growth pattern.- Angiocentric non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the leg.- ?/? cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.- Epidermotropic and subcutaneous ?/? T-cell lymphoma.- Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma presenting as reticular erythematous mucinosis.- Nasal NK-cell lymphoma preceded by a puffy eyelid and swollen cheek due to intramuscular infiltration of Epstein-Barr virus-infected cells.- Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoma mimicking hydroa vacciniforme: Final diagnosis of a case reported in 1986.- Epstein-Barr virus-positive blastoid NK-cell lymphoma.- Mature B-cell Neoplasms.- Primary cutaneous marginal zone B-cell lymphoma with secondary anetoderma in a patient with Sjoegren's syndrome.- Follicular lymphoma with follicular dendritic cell overgrowth.- Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with cutaneous and ocular involvement.- EBV-positive cutaneous B-cell lymphoproliferative disease after imatinib mesylate (Glivec).- B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia revealed by an erythroderma.- B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) at the site of Borrelia burgdorferi infection.- Scarring leukemia cutis.- Lymphoma-associated insect bite-like reaction arising in a patient with mantle cell lymphoma.- Immature Hematopoietic Malignancies.- Blastic NK-cell lymphoma.- Subcutaneous splenosis of the abdominal wall.- Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder.