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Malignant Centroblastic‐Histiocytic Lymphoma of the Skin
Author(s) -
JØNSSON V.,
HIPPE E.,
CLEMMENSEN O. J.,
BADSBERG E.,
VIDEBÆK AA.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0036-553X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1982.tb00597.x
Subject(s) - histiocyte , pathology , lymphoma , bone marrow , lymph , parenchyma , lymphatic system , spleen , medicine , immunology
A mixed B‐cell type centroblastic lymphoma with extraordinarily many histiocytes in a 68‐year‐old man is reported. Multiple skin tumours were the only clinical manifestation during the first 5 months. The disease then progressed to the lymph nodes, spleen, and parenchymal organs, but the bone marrow remained unaffected until death, 11 months after the onset of signs. C3d receptors were the only surface markers of the centroblasts. The histiocytes were normal with respect to morphology, muramidase staining, and Fc and C3b receptors. This highly unusual spread from skin to lymphoid and parenchymal organs is discussed in the light of lymphoid cell kinetics.