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Spindle-cell variant of primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma spreading to the hepatobiliary tree, mimicking Klatskin tumor

  • Sima Rozati
  • , Katrin Kerl
  • , Werner Kempf
  • , Marianne Tinguely
  • , Dieter R. Zimmermann
  • , Reinhard Dummer
  • , Antonio Cozzio

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Abstract

Primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma (pcFCL) is an indolent type of primary cutaneous B-cell lymphoma (pcBCL) rarely disseminating to other organs. PcBCL with spindle-cell morphology has been described as a rare variant of pcFCL but the prognosis data of this variant is sparse. We report a rare case of spindle-cell pcFCL with CD20+, CD79a+, CD3+, Bcl-6+, Mum-1- and CD10-tumor cells that infiltrated the hepatic hilum, mimicking a Klatskin tumor. On the basis of the sparse published data on spindle-cell morphology of pcBCL, this growth pattern should elicit awareness of an increased risk of systemic involvement in the otherwise indolent pcFCL.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)56-60
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of cutaneous pathology
Volume40
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Klatskin mimicking tumor
  • cutaneous B-cell lymphoma
  • cutaneous spindle-cell lymphoma
  • hilar cholangiocarcinoma

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Histology
  • Dermatology

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