Atypical cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia induced by chemotherapy in a patient with advanced colon carcinoma

Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2007 Nov;6(10):728-30. doi: 10.3816/ccc.2007.n.043.

Abstract

Some conditions are predisposed to excessive lymphocyte responses, which can progress to a benign condition, ie, atypical cutaneous lymphoid hyperplasia (ACLH), or a malignant lymphoma. Clinical diagnosis of drug-associated pseudolymphoma can be based on a temporal association between drug ingestion and lesion onset followed by resolution without recurrence after discontinuation of drug administration. Herein, we report the case of a 66-year-old man with advanced colon carcinoma with ACLH developed while receiving chemotherapy regimen with oxaliplatin/5-fluorouracil/leucovorin. The authors postulate that chemotherapy can promote an aberrant immune response to an antigen that can be the drug itself or other self-antigens.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / immunology
  • Drug Eruptions / etiology*
  • Drug Eruptions / immunology
  • Fluorouracil / adverse effects
  • Humans
  • Immunophenotyping
  • Leucovorin / adverse effects
  • Lymphatic Diseases / chemically induced*
  • Lymphatic Diseases / immunology
  • Male
  • Organoplatinum Compounds / adverse effects

Substances

  • Organoplatinum Compounds
  • Leucovorin
  • Fluorouracil

Supplementary concepts

  • Folfox protocol