Large cell transformation mimicking regional lymphomatoid papulosis in a patient with mycosis fungoides

J Dermatol. 2008 May;35(5):283-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2008.00467.x.

Abstract

A 57-year-old Japanese man with tumor-stage mycosis fungoides suddenly presented multiple small papules on the right chest. Histopathology of a biopsy specimen from the papules revealed medium-to-large pleomorphic lymphoid cells throughout the entire dermis but not in the epidermis, and the large cells expressed CD30 antigen. These newly-developed papules underwent spontaneous remission in the following 3 months. We reviewed the reported cases of mycosis fungoides, which showed CD30-positive large cell transformation and those of CD30-positive lymphoproliferative disorders associated with mycosis fungoides.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
  • Humans
  • Ki-1 Antigen / analysis
  • Lymphomatoid Papulosis / drug therapy
  • Lymphomatoid Papulosis / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycosis Fungoides / drug therapy
  • Mycosis Fungoides / pathology*
  • PUVA Therapy
  • Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • Ki-1 Antigen