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| Year : 2006 | Volume
: 72
| Issue : 3 | Page : 215--217 |
CD-3 positive extranodal T-cell lymphoma of nasal type with skin involvement
Raghunatha R Reddy1, Gurcharan Singh1, KJ Prathima2, ML Harendra Kumar2
1 Departments of Dermatology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India
2 Departments of Pathology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
Raghunatha R Reddy
Department of Dermatology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College, Tamaka, Kolar 563 101, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0378-6323.25783
A 40-year-old previously healthy lady presented with nasal obstruction and localized plaques over the right arm. She developed complete nasal obstruction due to a mass in the right nasal cavity and skin lesions that ulcerated to present as ecthyma gangrenosum like lesions. Patient's condition deteriorated fast and she developed icterus with fatal outcome within 4 weeks of developing skin lesions. Nasal and skin biopsy revealed angiocentric T-cell lymphoma, which on immuno-phenotyping revealed CD-3 positive; and CD-20, CD-30, ALK and EMA negativity. She was seronegative for HIV. Final diagnosis of CD-3 positive extranodal T-cell lymphoma of nasal type was made. Extranodal T-cell lymphomas are very aggressive NHLs with poor prognosis. Prognosis depends on histology, stage of the disease and sites of involvement. NK/T cell lymphoma of nasal type is common with EBV association. Skin involvement is rare and is also an indicator of poor prognosis.
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