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Genital herpes masquerading as a cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma: a report of two cases
Author(s) -
Wain E. Mary,
Antony Fiona,
Appleton Mark A.C.,
Whittaker Sean J.,
Robson Alistair
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1600-0560
pISSN - 0303-6987
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00899.x
Subject(s) - genital herpes , lymphoma , medicine , pathology , sex organ , dermatology , dermatopathology , immunology , virus , biology , herpes simplex virus , genetics
Genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection is usually a straightforward clinical diagnosis, rarely requiring histological confirmation. We report two cases of immunosuppressed patients in which the clinical and pathological features were initially suspicious for cutaneous lymphoma with a T‐cell clone detected in one case. A diagnosis of HSV infection was eventually made on the basis of histological features and confirmed with immunohistochemistry.