LYMPHOCYTOMA CUTIS

Autor: Maurice T. Fliegelman, Adolph B. Loveman
Rok vydání: 1951
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Zdroj: A.M.A. Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology. 63:169
ISSN: 0096-5979
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.1951.01570020003001
Popis: IN 1906 Jadassohn 1 presented before the Ninth German Dermatological Congress the first case of what was later to be known as lymphocytoma cutis. It was reported as a case of pseudoleukemic infiltration of the skin. In 1922, when discussing Biberstein's 2 case, Jadassohn commented that his original patient was still living, that the skin lesions were unchanged and that no signs or symptoms of leukemia had developed. His case was that of a young woman of 33 years of age, who presented on both cheeks symmetric semitransparent papules and nodules, varying in size from that of a lentil to that of a cherry. A clinical diagnosis of lupus tumidus was made, but the histological examination disproved the clinical impression. The section revealed an entirely lymphadenoid structure arranged in a fine reticulum. Occasional plasma and giant cells were noted. In 1921 Kaufmann-Wolf 3 reported two cases in children and coined
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