Open AccessA case of adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma presenting with erythema gyratum repens‐like eruptions
Author(s) -
UmegakiArao Noriko,
Kiyohara Eiji,
Ohata Chika,
Katayama Ichiro
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous immunology and allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.127
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2574-4593
DOI - 10.1002/cia2.12025
Subject(s) - medicine , erythema , malignancy , pathology , dermatology , adult t cell leukemia/lymphoma , erythema multiforme , lymphoma , t cell leukemia
This report highlights a case of acute‐type adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma, which presented distinct clinical skin manifestation with erythema gyratum repens (EGR)‐like erythema. The pathogenesis of EGR remains unclear, but an obligate paraneoplastic reaction associated with internal malignancy is considered in most cases. In our case, the possibility that HTLV‐1‐positive atypical lymphocytes themselves might develop EGR‐like erythema was suspected.