Article
Clonal disease in extracutaneous compartments in cutaneous T-cell lymphomas. A comparative study between cutaneous T-cell lymphomas and pseudo lymphomas.
Archives of dermatological research - 1 Apr 1996
Dommann S N, Dommann-Scherrer C C, Dours-Zimmermann M T, Zimmermann D R, Kural-Serbes B, Burg G
Abstract excerpt
Extracutaneous involvement is a sign of poor prognosis in cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL). Unfortunately it becomes clinically and histologically manifest only late in the course of the disease. It was the purpose of this study to detect clonality in peripheral blood, lymph nodes and bone marro...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Biopsy
- Blood Physiological Phenomena
- Bone Marrow
- Female
- Gene Rearrangement
- Genotype
- Humans
- Insect Bites and Stings
- Lymph Nodes
