Isolated cutaneous involvement in a child with nodal anaplastic large cell lymphoma.
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2016-01
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Abstract
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a common childhood T-cell and B-cell neoplasm that originates
primarily from lymphoid tissue. Cutaneous involvement can be in the form of a primary
extranodal lymphoma, or secondary to metastasis from a non-cutaneous location. The latter is
uncommon, and isolated cutaneous involvement is rarely reported. We report a case of isolated
secondary cutaneous involvement from nodal anaplastic large cell lymphoma (CD30 + and
ALK +) in a 7-year-old boy who was on chemotherapy. This case is reported for its unusual
clinical presentation as an acute febrile, generalized papulonodular eruption that mimicked
deep fungal infection, with the absence of other foci of systemic metastasis.
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Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, cutaneous metastasis, febrile eruption
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Mendiratta Vibhu, Gandhi Nikita, Rana Shiwangi, Shukla Shailaja, Ramchander. Isolated cutaneous involvement in a child with nodal anaplastic large cell lymphoma. Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology. 2016 Jan-Feb; 82(1): 53-56.