Background: Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis (CHP) is a rare subtype of panniculitis that usually follows a fatal course, with a terminal hemophagocytic syndrome. Recent reports on a subset of peripheral T-cell lymphoma named subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma (SPTL) raised the question about the relationship between these entities. Observations: We describe 7 patients in the study. 1 with fatal CHP, 4 with SPTL, and 2 with long-term CHP. The 5 patients with fatal CHP and SPTL died of complications of hemophagocytic syndrome, with a disease duration ranging from 8 to 74 months. The other 2 patients were still alive 6 and 41 years after disease onset. Immunohistochemical results proved that 2 of the SPTL cases were type alpha/beta and expressed the cytotoxic/suppressor antigen CD8, while the other 2 were type gamma/delta and were positive for the natural killer-associated antigen CD56. In these 4 cases, molecular biology studies by polymerase chain reaction detected T-cell receptor gamma gene rearrangement, indicating a clonal process. In contrast, in the 2 patients who had long-term CHP, the polymerase chain reaction results failed to disclose clonality. In the subject with fatal CHP, genotypic analysis was not performed. Conclusion: Our observations suggest that CHP and SPTL may span a clinicopathologic spectrum in which there is a natural disease progression from CHP to SPTL

Marzano, A., Berti, E., Paulli, M., Caputo, R. (2000). Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis and subcutaneous panniculitis-like t-lymphoma: report of 7 cases. ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY, 136(7), 889-896 [10.1001/archderm.136.7.889].

Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis and subcutaneous panniculitis-like t-lymphoma: report of 7 cases

BERTI, EMILIO;
2000

Abstract

Background: Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis (CHP) is a rare subtype of panniculitis that usually follows a fatal course, with a terminal hemophagocytic syndrome. Recent reports on a subset of peripheral T-cell lymphoma named subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma (SPTL) raised the question about the relationship between these entities. Observations: We describe 7 patients in the study. 1 with fatal CHP, 4 with SPTL, and 2 with long-term CHP. The 5 patients with fatal CHP and SPTL died of complications of hemophagocytic syndrome, with a disease duration ranging from 8 to 74 months. The other 2 patients were still alive 6 and 41 years after disease onset. Immunohistochemical results proved that 2 of the SPTL cases were type alpha/beta and expressed the cytotoxic/suppressor antigen CD8, while the other 2 were type gamma/delta and were positive for the natural killer-associated antigen CD56. In these 4 cases, molecular biology studies by polymerase chain reaction detected T-cell receptor gamma gene rearrangement, indicating a clonal process. In contrast, in the 2 patients who had long-term CHP, the polymerase chain reaction results failed to disclose clonality. In the subject with fatal CHP, genotypic analysis was not performed. Conclusion: Our observations suggest that CHP and SPTL may span a clinicopathologic spectrum in which there is a natural disease progression from CHP to SPTL
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cytophagic panniculitis, panniculitis like T-cell lymphoma
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2000
136
7
889
896
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Marzano, A., Berti, E., Paulli, M., Caputo, R. (2000). Cytophagic histiocytic panniculitis and subcutaneous panniculitis-like t-lymphoma: report of 7 cases. ARCHIVES OF DERMATOLOGY, 136(7), 889-896 [10.1001/archderm.136.7.889].
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