HIGH-GRADE PLEOMORPHIC T-CELL LYMPHOMA WITH RESTRICTED INVOLVEMENT OFSKIN AND BONE-MARROW

Authors
GAUTIER MS PIERARD GE ANDRIEN F HERMANNS JF PIERARDFRANCHIMONT C FILLET G LAPIERE CM
Citation
Ms. Gautier et al., HIGH-GRADE PLEOMORPHIC T-CELL LYMPHOMA WITH RESTRICTED INVOLVEMENT OFSKIN AND BONE-MARROW, Dermatology, 186(4), 1993, pp. 287-289
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
Dermatology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10188665
Volume
186
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
287 - 289
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-8665(1993)186:4<287:HPTLWR>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Pleomorphic T cell lymphoma of the medium to large cell type expressin g CD30 antigen is a most aggressive peripheral T cell lymphoma. Curren tly, there is no satisfactory treatment available for this neoplasm. W e report the case of a woman with prominent skin and bone marrow invol vement without detectable lymph node localization. This unusual presen tation of disease responded well to polychemotherapy combined with aut ologous bone marrow transplantation.