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A case of cutaneous extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma clinically and histopathologically mimicking interface dermatitis.

Myoung Eun ChoiHee Joo YangWoo Jin LeeChong Hyun WonSung Eun ChangJee Ho ChoiMi Woo Lee
Published in: The Australasian journal of dermatology (2020)
Extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma (ENKTL) is a rare but aggressive cancer characterised by angiocentric and angiodestructive infiltration by NK-cells, or cytotoxic T-cell types. Histopathologically, ENKTL shows a multinodular or diffuse infiltration localised to vascular structures, resulting in angiodestruction and necrosis. We present a patient with an initially suspected diagnosis of benign interface dermatitis with a differential diagnosis of mycosis fungoides that was later found to be an aggressive extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma of a nasal type and with a dismal prognosis.
Keyphrases
  • nk cells
  • papillary thyroid
  • pulmonary embolism
  • high resolution
  • low grade
  • squamous cell
  • mass spectrometry