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Primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma with fatal leukemic outcome in association with CLA and CCR4-negative conversion.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Nov 2007
Tokura Yoshiki, Sugita Kazunari, Yagi Hiroaki, Shimauchi Takatoshi, Kabashima Kenji, Takigawa Masahiro
Abstract excerpt
A 70-year-old Japanese male presented with a 1-year history of skin tumors, which were diagnosed as primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) because of the CD3(low+), CD4(+), CD25(+), CD30(+), CD45RO(+), CD71(+), HLA-DR(+), CD8(-), CD56(-), and NPM/ALK(-) phenotype and monoclonal T-cell receptor-rearranged property of tumor cells as well as the absence of systemic involvement. At this time, the...
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