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who-eortc classification for cutaneous lymphomas - Dermatology

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Table 3. Characteristic features of PCFCL and PCLBCL, leg type<br />

PCFCL<br />

Morphology Predominance of centrocytes that are often<br />

large especially in diffuse lesions.<br />

Centroblasts may be present, but not in<br />

confluent sheets<br />

Growth pattern may be follicular, follicular<br />

and diffuse or diffuse (a continuum<br />

without distinct categories or grades).<br />

Phenotype Bcl-2: -/+ [1]<br />

Bcl-6: +<br />

CD10: -/+ [2]<br />

Mum-1: -<br />

Clinical<br />

Features<br />

Middle aged adults<br />

Localized lesions on head or trunk (90%)<br />

Multifocal lesions in rare cases<br />

PCLBCL, LEG TYPE<br />

Predominance or confluent sheets of<br />

medium-sized to large B-cells with<br />

round nuclei, prominent nucleoli and<br />

coarse chromatin resembling centroblasts<br />

and or immunoblastst<br />

Diffuse growth pattern.<br />

Bcl-2: ++ [3]<br />

Bcl-6: +/-<br />

CD10: -<br />

Mum-1: +<br />

Elderly, especially females<br />

Lesions localized on leg(s), most often<br />

below the knee.<br />

Rare cases with lesions at other sites than<br />

the leg (10%)<br />

[1]: faint staining, when present; minority of cells (see comments in paragraph on PCFCL)<br />

[2]: diffuse lesions mostly CD10 negative<br />

[3]: strong staining; in most neoplastic cells<br />

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