Journal of Cytology & Histology

Caius Solovan

Publications

• Case Report
  Lymphomatoid Papulosis Misdiagnosed as Anaplastic Lymphoma
  Author(s): Caius Solovan and Flavia BadercaCaius Solovan and Flavia Baderca
  
  Lymphomatoid papulosis is a very rare skin disorder, defined as a chronic, recurrent, self-healing papulonodular or papulonecrotic skin eruption with suggestive histopathological features of a cutaneous lymphoma. We report a case of a 47-year-old male with an 8 years history of recurrent papulonodular lesions, some ulcerated, located on the face, trunk and extremities. The patient has been diagnosed primary with staphylococcal infection based on the clinical features and then, after a skin biopsy with anaplastic large cell lymphoma with CD30 positive cells and treated with CHOP. When he stopped the therapy, the lesions reappeared. A second skin biopsy was performed. Histological examination revealed an infiltrate of dyscohesive atypical lymphoid cells at the dermal-epidermal junction extending in the deep dermis. These atypical lymphoid cells varied in size and had pale abundant cytop.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7099.1000415

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