Paraneoplastic pityriasis lichenoides in cutaneous lymphoma: Case report and review of the literature on paraneoplastic reactions of the skin in lymphoma and leukaemia

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1327-1331

  Kempf, W ^a   Kutzner, H ^b   Kettelhack, N ^a   Palmedo, G ^b   Burg, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutaneous lymphoma; Paraneoplastic; Pityriasis lichenoides; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN LYMPHOMA;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PITYRIASIS LICHENOIDES; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 21644484170     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06457.x     Document Type: Review

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