Abstract
Cutaneous lymphomas (CL) comprise a heterogeneous group of diseases that are characterized by a clonal accumulation of lymphocytes in the skin. Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders can present in the skin alone, in the skin and extracutaneous sites, or as extracutaneous disease with secondary skin involvement. In a strict sense, they are lymphoproliferative disorders primarily manifesting in the skin and being confined to the skin for ever or at least for many years [1]. Malignant lymphomas can originate from cells at any level of differentiation between stem cells and the peripheral differentiated B- or T-lymphocytes. There is growing evidence that a clonal disease may have different clinical and histologic features, depending not only on the time-point in the disease process, but also probably on the state of activation [2]. In many cases the histopathologic evaluation of biopsies maybe extended to include immunophenotyping (immunologic analysis of cellular antigen expression using antibodies) or immunogenotyping (molecular analysis of antigen receptor genes).
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Dummer, R. (1997). Cutaneous Lymphomas: A Heterogeneous Group of Lymphoproliferative Disorders at Least in Part Sensitive to Interferon Treatment. In: Aul, C., Schneider, W. (eds) Interferons. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60411-9_11
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