Lobular panniculitis due to Borrelia burgdorferi infection mimicking subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma

American Journal of Dermatopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Kempf, Werner ^a   Kazakov, Dmitry V ^b   Kutzner, Heinz ^a,c  

^a Histologische Diagnostik   (Switzerland)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Dermatopathologische Gemeinschaftspraxis   (Germany)

Author keywords

CD123; Lupus profundus; Lymphoma; Panniculitis; Plasma cells; Plasmacytoid dendritic cells; Pseudolymphoma; Skin

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOBULAR PANNICULITIS; MALE; PANNICULITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEROLOGY; SKIN BIOPSY; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; T CELL LYMPHOMA; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANNICULITIS;

EID: 84878908737     PISSN: 01931091     EISSN: 15330311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e31827132cb     Document Type: Article

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