HISTIOCYTIC CYTOPHAGIC PANNICULITIS - A RARE LATE COMPLICATION OF ALLOGENEIC BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Histiocytic cytophagic panniculitis (HCP) is the name given to the hem ophagocytic syndrome when subcutaneous fat is involved. Histologically , it is characterized by phagocytosis of blood elements by histiocytes that appear to be benign. We report this rare skin disease in a 46-ye ar-old patient that occurred 32 months after an allogeneic bone marrow transplantation. This skin disease could be a manifestation of graft- versus-host disease, although the connection remains speculative.