Primary CD30+ve cutaneous T-cell lymphoma associated with chronic burn injury in a patient with longstanding psoriasis

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 394-396

  Yeung, Chi Keung ^a   Ma, Shing Yan ^a   Chan, Henry Hin Lee ^a   Trendell Smith, Nigel J ^a   Au, Wing Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Caustic burns; CD30+ primary cutaneous T cell lymphoma; Plaque psoriasis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD30 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; PREDNISOLONE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STEROID; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CHEMICAL BURN; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; DEBRIDEMENT; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSORIASIS; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN ULCER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

BURNS; CELLULITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, KI-1; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSORIASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4644294026     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000372-200410000-00009     Document Type: Article

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