Primary Cutaneous B Cell Lymphoma-Leg Type (NEW EORTC -WHO Classification), with nasal sinuses involvement

• Published in: Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association Vol. 58; no. 5; pp. 274 - 276
• Main Authors: ASIM JAMAL SHAIKH, MASOOD, Nehal, AHSAN, Aamir, MEMON, Wasim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Karachi Pakistan Medical Association 01.05.2008
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Biopsy; Face; General aspects; Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases; Humans; Leg; Leukemias. Malignant lymphomas. Malignant reticulosis. Myelofibrosis; Lymphoma, B-Cell - classification; Lymphoma, B-Cell - diagnostic imaging; Lymphoma, B-Cell - pathology; Male; Medical sciences; Neoplasm Invasiveness; Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms - classification; Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms - pathology; Radiography; Severity of Illness Index; Skin Neoplasms - classification; Skin Neoplasms - diagnostic imaging; Skin Neoplasms - pathology; World Health Organization; Lymphoproliferative syndrome; Nose; Classification; Tropical medicine; Malignant hemopathy; Nasopharynx; Skin; Lymphoma; Cancer; Leg; WHO
• ISSN: 0030-9982

Primary Cutaneous lymphomas of B cell origin are rare, there remains a controversy in truly classifying these lymphomas and an updated EORTC classification divides them on the basis of their distinct histopthological grounds rather than on the basis of their anatomic location as in WHO classification, while the new WHO- EORTC joint classification maintains some characteristics of both systems, We report an elderly gentleman who primarily had a typical Leg dominant Cutaneous lymphoma of B cell origin uniquely with involvement of nasal Sinusues, bearing the Immunohistochemical staining features of "Cutaneous lymphoma - Leg Type" befitting the new joint WHO-EORTC classification of Cutaneous B cell Lymphoma.