Pyogenic lymphoma of the skin: A peculiar variant of primary cutaneous neutrophil-rich CD30+ anaplastic large-cell lymphoma. Clinicopathological study of four cases and review of the literature

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 580-586

  Burg, Günter ^a   Kempf, W ^a   Kazakov, D V ^a   Dummer, R ^a   Frosch, P J ^b   Lange Ionescu, S ^b   Nishikawa, T ^c   Kadin, M E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CD30+; Cutaneous lymphoma; Interleukin 8; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CD30 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; INTERLEUKIN 8; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DISSOLUTION; FACE CANCER; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CELL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN LYMPHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL; ULCER;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD30; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-8; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0037364124     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2003.05248.x     Document Type: Article

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