Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia (Oct 2017)

Primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma

  • Eline Pinheiro Weba Costa,
  • Bethänia Dias de Lucena,
  • Gabriela Athayde Amin,
  • Maraya de Jesus Semblano Bittencourt,
  • Leonidas Braga Dias Junior,
  • Carla Andréa Avelar Pires

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20175457
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 92, no. 5
pp. 701 – 703

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Abstract: Cutaneous lymphomas are classified according to their cellular origin into T-cell lymphoma and B-cell lymphoma. The annual incidence rate is 0.3 per 100,000 population. We report a case of a 56-year-old male patient who presented with a two-month history of nodules of varying sizes, some ulcerated, on the face, abdomen, and upper limbs. Histopathological examination and immunohistochemical study confirmed the diagnosis of primary cutaneous centrofollicular lymphoma. Studies have shown an increased incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphomas in the last decade. We report an infrequent case that should be kept as a differential diagnosis of patients with nodules and cutaneous papules.

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