PRIMARY CUTANEOUS IMMUNOCYTOMA - REPORT OF AN UNUSUAL CASE WITH SECONDARY SPREADING TO THE GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT

Cutaneous immunocytoma are low-grade B-cell lymphomas, which affect th e skin either primarily or secondarily. Primary cutaneous immunocytoma s usually present with one or a small number of lesions, mainly in the extremities. They generally remain confined to the skin. Histological ly, there are polymorphous infiltrates of cells, in which the presence of monoclonal plasma cells is characteristic. We describe a case of c utaneous immunocytoma with secondary spread to the gastrointestinal tr act. (C) Munksgaard 1997.