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Anticonvulsant agents may cause nodal and extranodal lymphoproliferative disorders, including dermatopathic lymphadenitis, atypical lymphoid proliferation, and cutaneous pseudolymphoma.¹ In most reported cases, regression follows the discontinuation of treatment with the causative drug, but in rare cases a true lymphoma may develop.^2-3 Herein, we describe the clinicopathologic features of the first case of a CD30⁺, primary, cutaneous, anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) possibly correlated to carbamazepine administration.

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A 13-year-old girl experienced lipothymic episodes during her first menses. Electroencephalography findings revealed anomalous waves, and she was administered carbamazepine (Tegretol; Novartis Farma, Origgio ([Va], Italy) in increasing doses until the dose reached 600 mg daily. After 8 months of treatment, the patient was admitted to our dermatology department for an erythematous macular eruption clinically diagnosed as pityriasis rosea. The macular eruption regressed, but 1 month later she suddenly developed multiple painless reddish skin nodules that grew and ulcerated quickly (Figure 1); . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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