Abstract
Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL), an uncommon variant of peripheral T-cell lymphoma, affects the skin in approximately 50% of cases. Its protean clinical and histopathological cutaneous manifestations pose a challenge in diagnosis, particularly when these precede the diagnosis of AITL on a lymph node biopsy. In this retrospective study, we compared 11 cases of AITL with cutaneous manifestations (mean age 67 years; male:female ratio 1:0.8; 24 skin biopsies) with 20 control cases of inflammatory and non-AITL lymphomatous diseases (mean age 52 years; male:female ratio 1:1.5; 26 skin biopsies). Clinical, histopathological, immunohistochemical, and molecular data were documented. New insights into the clinical evolution of cutaneous involvement by AITL (C-AITL), from early macular, through papular to nodular stages, were observed. Microscopically, a parallel increment in the density of the dermal infiltrate and in the detection of lymphocyte cytological atypia was noted over time. Identification and quantification of follicular T-helper cells (Tfh), the neoplastic lineage, by immunohistochemistry helped to separate cases of C-AITL from inflammatory controls, offering promise as a useful diagnostic adjunct. The presence of T...Continue Reading
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