AGGRESSIVE B-CELL LYMPHOMA INDUCED BY EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS INFECTION INERYTHRODERMIC CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMA

The coexistence of two cutaneous non-Hodgkin's lymphomas of different lineage is rare. We report a patient with an indolent erythrodermic cu taneous T-cell lymphoma followed by an aggressive B-cell lymphoma. To our best knowledge, this is the first report describing Epstein-Barr v irus-associated B-cell lymphoma in a patient with cutaneous T-cell lym phoma. We suggest that the long-standing cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, as well as the long-term chemotherapy, suppressed host immunity and caus ed reactivation of latent Epstein-Barr virus.