The use of blind skin biopsy in the diagnosis of intravascular B-cell lymphoma

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2008 Jul;59(1):148-51. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.03.010. Epub 2008 Apr 11.

Abstract

Intravascular B-cell lymphoma is a rare type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that is characterized by a clonal proliferation of lymphoblasts within small blood vessels. Patients present with nonspecific symptoms and are often only given a diagnosis at autopsy. We report a case of intravascular B-cell lymphoma, characterized by pyrexia, anemia, thrombocytopenia, and mental status decline, without obvious cutaneous manifestations, that was diagnosed with blind skin biopsy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma, B-Cell / pathology*
  • Male
  • Skin / pathology*
  • Vascular Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Vascular Neoplasms / pathology*