Erythema annulare centrifugum as the presenting sign of CD 30 positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma - association with disease activity

Erythema annulare centrifugum is a figurate erythema that has been associat ed with many different entities. A case of erythema annulare centrifugum re lated to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a 38-year-old woman is described in this case report. Response of the lymphoma to a combination chemotherapy was ac companied by disappearance of skin lesions. When therapy was discontinued. both disorders recurred, and both responded to reinstitution of a different chemotherapy regimen. To our knowledge, this case is the first reported as sociation of erythema annulare centrifugum and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in th e medical literature.