RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 87
OP 93
VO 52
IS 1
A2 Kenneth J. Tomecki
A1 Gary R. Kantor
A1 Richard E. Ranchoff
A1 Raymond R. Tubbs
A1 Willard D. Steck
YR 1985
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/52/1/87.abstract
AB B-cell lymphomas may involve the skin late in the course of the disease, but only infrequently have primary presentation in the skin. The cutaneous lesions are red-to-violaceous nodules, most often located on the head and neck. Most patients have been treated with radiation alone or combined with surgical excision of the tumors or systemic chemotherapy. In general, patient survival has been poor. The authors report a case of B-cell lymphoma initially confined to the skin and review the clinical characteristics of these lymphomas as reported in the English-language literature.