Cutaneous T cell lymphoma with suppressor/cytotoxic (CD8) phenotype: identification of rapidly progressive and chronic subtypes.

doi:10.1016/0190-9622(90)70074-r

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Cutaneous T cell lymphoma with suppressor/cytotoxic (CD8) phenotype: identification of rapidly progressive and chronic subtypes.

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Apr 1990

Agnarsson B A, Vonderheid E C, Kadin M E

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We identified nine patients with cutaneous T cell lymphoma in whom the neoplastic cells expressed the CD8 (T8) suppressor T cell phenotype instead of the more common CD4 (T4) helper T cell phenotype. Five had rapidly progressive disease characterized by distinctive papulonodular skin lesions (fou...

Topics

Aged
Chronic Disease
DNA, Neoplasm
Female
Humans
Lymphoma
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Phenotype
Skin Neoplasms
T-Lymphocytes
T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory

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