Primary anaplastic large cell lymphoma of the skin

Dermatologica. 1989;178(4):225-7. doi: 10.1159/000248433.

Abstract

Anaplastic large cell lymphoma is a subtype of nodal and extranodal lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by peculiar histopathological features and the positivity of lymphoid proliferating cells for Ki-1/Ber-H2 monoclonal antibody. A case, misdiagnosed as cutaneous metastasis and treated by surgery, in a woman with a history of previous neoplasms, is reported. In spite of the histopathological malignancy of the tumor, the patient is alive and free from recurrent or metastatic disease after 3 years of follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens, Differentiation / immunology
  • Antigens, Neoplasm / immunology
  • Diagnostic Errors
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ki-1 Antigen
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / diagnosis
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / immunology
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / pathology*
  • Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / surgery
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / diagnosis
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / immunology
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / surgery
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / immunology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antigens, Differentiation
  • Antigens, Neoplasm
  • Ki-1 Antigen