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L. Jeffrey Medeiros, MD
Division of Pathology City of Hope National Medical Center 1500 E Duarte Rd Duarte, CA 91010-0269

Victoria Monterroso, MD
San Jose, Costa Rica

Arch Dermatol. 1997;133(6):788.

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We thank Iwatsuki and colleagues for their interest in our article.¹ The goal of our study was to make the point that different types of T-cell lymphoma may initially present with involvement of subcutaneous tissue, of which a subset of cases are examples of subcutaneous panniculitic T-cell lymphoma. This view is shared by others, such as Burg et al.² To illustrate our point we reported 2 cases. Patient 1 in our study was a woman who presented with multiple, nonulcerated, subcutaneous plaques associated with clinical and laboratory evidence suggestive of a hemophagocytic syndrome. Results of immunohistochemical studies revealed T-cell lineage without CD30 antigen expression. No evidence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection was detected using in situ hybridization methods to detect EBV RNA. The patient died 2 months after beginning chemotherapy. We interpreted this case as an example of subcutaneous panniculitic T-cell lymphoma. Patient 2 in our study was . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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