A Unique Presentation of Cutaneous Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma
Cutaneous B-cell lymphomas (CBCL) are rare heterogeneous neoplastic diseases composing about 22.5% of all cutaneous lymphomas. These diseases can be divided into primary and secondary cutaneous variants with primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (PCBCL) divided into three distinct entities including pri...
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| description | Cutaneous B-cell lymphomas (CBCL) are rare heterogeneous neoplastic diseases composing about 22.5% of all cutaneous lymphomas. These diseases can be divided into primary and secondary cutaneous variants with primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (PCBCL) divided into three distinct entities including primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma, primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma, and primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type (PCDLBCL, LT). Secondary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (CDLBCL) and PCDLBCL, LT are more aggressive neoplasms compared to the aforementioned CBCL with survival rates of 37% and 50% after 5 years, respectively. CDLBCL can present as cutaneous or subcutaneous nodules, papular lesions, or indurated plaques. Here, we present a case of CDLBCL of an 88-year-old female that was mistaken for lower extremity cellulitis with phlegmon. Our patient failed two courses of antibiotic therapy as an outpatient and received a third as an inpatient before a cutaneous biopsy clinched the diagnosis. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-36b77fd5474741d7b204f2b8bd71fb7e2025-08-20T03:55:02ZengWileyCase Reports in Dermatological Medicine2090-64632090-64712020-01-01202010.1155/2020/83106028310602A Unique Presentation of Cutaneous Diffuse Large B-Cell LymphomaMary Awad0Erik Holzwanger1Sandeep Jubbal2University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USAUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USAUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USACutaneous B-cell lymphomas (CBCL) are rare heterogeneous neoplastic diseases composing about 22.5% of all cutaneous lymphomas. These diseases can be divided into primary and secondary cutaneous variants with primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (PCBCL) divided into three distinct entities including primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma, primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma, and primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type (PCDLBCL, LT). Secondary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (CDLBCL) and PCDLBCL, LT are more aggressive neoplasms compared to the aforementioned CBCL with survival rates of 37% and 50% after 5 years, respectively. CDLBCL can present as cutaneous or subcutaneous nodules, papular lesions, or indurated plaques. Here, we present a case of CDLBCL of an 88-year-old female that was mistaken for lower extremity cellulitis with phlegmon. Our patient failed two courses of antibiotic therapy as an outpatient and received a third as an inpatient before a cutaneous biopsy clinched the diagnosis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8310602 |
| spellingShingle | Mary Awad Erik Holzwanger Sandeep Jubbal A Unique Presentation of Cutaneous Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine |
| title | A Unique Presentation of Cutaneous Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
| title_full | A Unique Presentation of Cutaneous Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
| title_fullStr | A Unique Presentation of Cutaneous Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Unique Presentation of Cutaneous Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
| title_short | A Unique Presentation of Cutaneous Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma |
| title_sort | unique presentation of cutaneous diffuse large b cell lymphoma |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8310602 |
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