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Analysis of Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-specific CD8+ T-cells in Rhesus Macaques by Peptide-MHC-I Tetramer Staining
Published on: December 23, 2016
CD8-positive pseudolymphoma in lues maligna and human immunodeficiency virus with monoclonal T-cell receptor-beta
Christina Mitteldorf1, Heidi Plumbaum2, Markus Zutt3
1Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
Abstract:
A 42-year-old Caucasian man suffered from disseminated plaques and ulcerated nodules for 6 weeks. He had weight loss and generalized lymphadenopathy. Underlying diseases were not known up till then. Based on a skin biopsy, the diagnosis of CD8-positive cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, type mycosis fungoides was made in a pathological reference center for lymphoma. A reproducible T-cell receptor (TCR)-beta rearrangement was detectable. Before starting therapy, a new biopsy was taken and the previous diagnosis was re-evaluated taking clinical images and symptoms into account. Based on both, the diagnosis of a CD8+ pseudolymphoma in lues maligna and human immunodeficiency virus was made. We highlight histopathologic clues for the correct diagnosis, and we emphasize the indispensability of clinical-pathological correlation. Furthermore, we discuss the differential diagnosis of CD8+ lymphoproliferative disorders.
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