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CD2- CD4+ CD56+ hematodermic/hematolymphoid malignancy.

N Kato·K Yasukawa·K Kimura·H Sugawara·S Aoyagi·T Mishina·T Nakata
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BACKGROUND: CD2- CD4+ CD56+ lymphoid malignancy has been only rarely reported the last 5 years. It is characterized by a high incidence of cutaneous involvement, cytologically agranular cells, aggressive clinical course, and negative Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) involvement. OBSERVATION: We describe a Japanese patient with a unique hematolymphoid malignancy characterized by an involvement of skin, nasopharyngeal region, bone marrow, lymph node, and a CD4+ CD43+ CD56+ CD2- CD3- CD8- and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase phenotype. Clinically, the cutaneous eruptions were purplish, hard, multiple nodules. Histologically, a massive proliferation of atypical pleomorphic cells with medium-sized nuclei were observed throughout the dermis. No clonal rearrangement of T-cell receptor (TCR)-beta gene or immunoglobulin heavy chain J gene was found, and no positive identification of EBV by in situ hybridization for EBV-encoded small nuclear RNA was found. The patient underwent high-dose chemotherapy with autografting of peripheral blood stem cells; however, the tumors quickly relapsed. CONCLUSION: We gathered data from 17 cases of lymphoid malignancy from the literature sharing immunophenotypic and genotypic features similar to those of our case, including CD2- CD4+ CD56+ and germline rearrangement of TCR. Although the cellular origin could not be decided, this malignancy was found to have 100% affinity for skin, a short course, and poor prognosis.

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N Kato, K Yasukawa, K Kimura, H Sugawara, S Aoyagi, T Mishina, T Nakata. 2001. CD2- CD4+ CD56+ hematodermic/hematolymphoid malignancy.. https://doi.org/10.1067/mjd.2001.110897

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