Cutaneous angiogenesis in patient with intravascular lymphoma (IVL): A case report

Dermatol Online J. 2010 Aug 15;16(8):2.

Abstract

We present a case of widespread cutaneous telangiectasias in a patient with a B-cell intravascular lymphoma most likely representing tumor-induced angiogenesis. The patient presented with a rapid onset of large cutaneous telangiectasias and skin edema, followed by the development of multiorgan failure. We describe difficulties with the ante-mortem diagnosis in the patient with predominant, clinically observed, skin lesions. The patient had disseminated disease involving many organs with a rapidly fatal outcome. The final diagnosis of intravascular malignant lymphoma (IVL) was established post-mortem after morphological and immunohistochemical studies of the autopsy material.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antigens, CD20 / analysis
  • CD79 Antigens / analysis
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / diagnosis*
  • Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / pathology
  • Multiple Organ Failure / diagnosis
  • Multiple Organ Failure / pathology
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / diagnosis*
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / blood supply*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • Telangiectasis / diagnosis*
  • Telangiectasis / pathology
  • Vascular Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Vascular Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Antigens, CD20
  • CD79 Antigens