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Skin Is the Frequent Site for Involvement of Peripheral T‐Cell and Natural Killer Cell Lymphomas in Korea
Author(s) -
Cho KwangHyun,
Choi WonWoo,
Youn ChoonShik,
Kim ChulWoo,
Heo DaeSeog
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2000.tb02216.x
Subject(s) - peripheral , cell , natural (archaeology) , medicine , natural killer cell , peripheral t cell lymphoma , immunology , t cell , biology , immune system , cytotoxicity , genetics , paleontology , in vitro
We have studied the clinicopathological features of 19 Korean cases of peripheral T‐cell and natural killer (NK) cell lymphomas, not including mycosis fungoides. Primary cutaneous involvement was demonstrated in eight of these 19 cases, and we recognized four clinicopathologic subtypes among these eight patients: nasal type NK/T cell lymphoma, three cases; primary cutaneous CD30 positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma, two cases; subcutaneous panniculitis‐like T‐cell lymphoma, one case; lymphoma with hydroa vacciniforme‐like cutaneous lesions, two cases. We did not, however, encounter any cases of HTLV‐associated adult T‐cell lymphoma/leukemia, which is common in Taiwan and Japan. EBV‐associated lymphoma is the most prominent type of peripheral T‐cell and NK cell neoplasm involving the skin in Korea.