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Serological immunomarkers in cutaneous T cell lymphoma   总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3  
INTRODUCTION: As serological immunomarkers like neopterin, beta2-microglobulin, soluble IL-2 receptor (sIL-2R) and IL-6 have been described to be elevated in various malignancies, the aim of this study was to investigate whether they would be of diagnostic and prognostic value for leukemic and non-leukemic cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty-one CTCL patients from the lymphoma clinics of the Department of Dermatology, University of Zurich, were tested for the serum levels of the above-mentioned immunomarkers at several time points, and clinical status and clinical outcome were recorded. Thirty-nine patients with CBCL and T cell inflammatory diseases served as controls. RESULTS: The study revealed that neopterin, beta2-MG and sIL-2R are significantly elevated in Sezary syndrome, whereby sIL-2R seemed to be the most sensitive marker and is typically increased in Sezary syndrome. Moreover, there is a correlation between tumor burden index values and serum parameters. Concerning the outcome of the disease (progression versus non-progression), only neopterin showed a significant prognostic value in non-leukemic CTCL patients. CONCLUSION: Serological immunomarkers are helpful tools in determining the tumor burden in CTCL and thus might be useful for disease monitoring during treatment. They may have prognostic value for predicting the clinical course.  相似文献   

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Granulomatous slack skin (GSS) is a rare cutaneous disorder characterized by the evolution of circumscribed erythematous loose skin masses, especially in the body folds, and histologically by a loss of elastic fibers and granulomatous T‐cell infiltrates. This disease is often associated with preceding or successive lymphoproliferative malignancies, especially Mycosis Fungoides (MF) and Hodgkin’s Disease (HD). Whether Granulomatous Slack Skin Disease is a benign disorder, an unusual host reaction or a precursor of malignant lymphoma or an indolent Cutaneous T‐cell Lymphoma (CTCL) in itself, is still a controversy. This article reviews its literature on the etiology, clinical findings, and treatment of Granulomatous Slack Skin Disease. It also concentrates on its association with Hodgkin’s disease and its comparison with Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome.  相似文献   

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The term cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) encompasses the spectrum of diseases characterized by a monoclonal proliferation of malignant T lymphocytes predominantly of the mature T-helper cell type. These include mycosis fungoides, which is usually localized to the skin for many years, and the Sezary syndrome, the leukemic variant in which characteristic, bizarre lymphatic cells with deeply indented or cerebriform nuclei, the Sezary cells, infiltrate lymph glands and internal organs such as the spleen, liver, lungs, heart, and bone marrow. The condition is more common in men after their fourth decade. The treatment of CTCL varies depending on the stage of the disease. The skin of the patient is the primary index of effectiveness of therapy. Options range from topical steroids, topical nitrogen mustard, X-irradiation, electron beam irradiation, and 8-methoxypsoralen (8-MOP) combined with ultraviolet A photochemotherapy (PUVA), to leukapheresis and systemic chemotherapy. More recently, extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECPC) has been introduced. The safety and efficacy of this modality is further investigated in six patients who fulfilled the criteria of diagnosis of CTCL. The problems encountered in objectively evaluating the clinical responses in the patients are outlined and improvements in the protocol to overcome these are suggested. The proposed mechanism of action is an immunostimulatory one and a procedure that is relatively free from side effects; it offers promise as a potential treatment for a difficult cancer.  相似文献   

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Cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma (CTCL) is the most common lymphoma of the skin. Recent reports suggest that AHI1 is overexpressed in a subset of CTCL‐derived cell lines, where it downregulates the expression of CDKN1C tumor suppressor gene. In the current work, we test the expression of these genes in 60 patients with Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome by RT‐PCR and correlate our findings with 6 years of clinical follow‐up. These findings reveal that AHI1 and CDKN1C exhibit opposite expression patterns, where AHI1 is expressed in poor and intermediate prognosis patients, while CDKN1C is expressed in favourable prognosis patients. Kaplan–Meier analysis documents that downregulation of CDKN1C is associated with poor disease outcome in patients with CTCL, while upregulation of AHI1 shows a weak association with aggressive disease course.  相似文献   

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Sézary syndrome is an uncommon variant of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) characterized by erythroderma, pruritus, adenopathy, and circulating atypical T-lymphocytes with cerebriform nuclei. The definition of Sézary syndrome can be further refined by including only patients with a circulating peripheral blood population of clonal T-cells. We have evaluated 79 skin biopsies from such a group of 41 erythrodermic patients with circulating Sézary cells and a clonal population of T-cells detected by T-cell receptor-figene rearrangement on Southern analysis of peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Histopathologic features consistent with chronic dermatitis were observed in 26/79 (33%) skin biopsy specimens, emphasizing that a non-specific histologic appearance is common. Evidence of CTCL was lacking in 11/41 patients on biopsy of their erythrodermic skin. The survival of these patients was not significantly different from 30/41 patients in whom skin biopsies revealed changes diagnostic of CTCL, such as a dermal lymphocytic band with atypical lymphocytes (18/79, 23%) or a mycosis fungoides-like infiltrate (30/79, 38%). This study confirms that non-specific cutaneous hlstopathologic findings are common in Sézary syndrome, even when a circulating T-cell clone is present. This stresses the need for peripheral blood genetic analysis and for multiple or repeat skin biopsies in erythrodermic patients when there is high clinical suspicion of CTCL.  相似文献   

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T细胞在成熟过程中通过T细胞表面受体基因重排,从而具有特异性识别抗原的能力,在这一过程中的任何失调都会导致疾病。皮肤T细胞淋巴瘤是由于单个淋巴细胞的恶性增殖所导致的,病变组织表现出T细胞受体基因重排克隆性。蕈样肉样肿和Sézary综合征为最常见的皮肤T细胞淋巴瘤。T细胞受体基因重排的检测在皮肤T细胞淋巴瘤的发病机制研究、分类、诊断、判断预后上有重要的作用。  相似文献   

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A young female patient suffered for 4 months from a widespread erythrodermic rash of unknown origin, marked by a peculiar hyperaesthesia. Haematological and biopsy findings were initially non-specific. A rapid deterioration, accompanied by infiltration of the skin, lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly was suggestive of Sezary syndrome, which was confirmed by finding of 40% of the lymphocytes being atypical (Sezary cells).  相似文献   

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Background Mycosis fungoides (MF), the most common form of cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma (CTCL), is mainly a disease of the elderly. Objectives To review paediatric CTCL cases reported in the literature, with a focus on the time between onset of symptoms and establishment of a correct diagnosis. Methods A review of the literature was carried out and a case reported. Results A total of 254 cases of CTCL have been reported in children aged < 16 years, 13 cases (< 1% of all reported cases) in children below the age of 2 years, and only seven cases (including ours) during the first year of life. CTCL was most prevalent in children aged 10–12 years. The delay between age of onset and establishment of diagnosis was largest in the youngest age group (0–3 years), and declined steadily thereafter, thus reflecting the increasing likelihood that CTCL is considered in the differential diagnosis of skin disorders with increasing age of the patient. Conclusions The diagnosis of CTCL is frequently delayed in young children. It needs to be considered in chronic ‘eczematous’ skin lesions irrespective of the patient’s age, and including infants.  相似文献   

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BACKGROUND: Transformation of mycosis fungoides (T-MF) occurs in 8-55% of MF patients. Its early histopathological diagnosis is of tremendous importance to better define the management and to establish the prognosis. Recent studies have demonstrated that advanced-stage MF at diagnosis of transformation is the predominant risk factor of poor outcome. The 5-year survival rates for stage IIB and IV MF are 26.9% and 10.6%, respectively. The prognostic value of the immunophenotypic characterization of the infiltrate has not been thoroughly studied in the literature. OBJECTIVES: To retrieve clinical, histological and immunophenotypic features of T-MF in our patient population and analyse their prognostic value. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A register-based retrospective study was performed including all patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) registered in our two departments from January 2000 to December 2005. Among 208 patients with CTCL, 17 patients with proven transformation of their MF were studied. Clinical features and staging as well as immunophenotypic and pathological findings at the time of the initial diagnosis of MF and of the diagnosis of T-MF were analysed. RESULTS: Our results, in accordance with previously published material, indicate that the main clinical prognostic factor in T-MF is the stage of the initial disease at the time of the transformation. Patients with stage IIB-IV MF have a poor prognosis. In our study, strong expression of CD30 is linked to a better prognosis. CONCLUSIONS: We believe that pathological and immunopathological documentation of progressive MF is important in order to identify T-MF early; however, the differential diagnosis is sometimes difficult. Aside from already acknowledged prognostic factors such as older age, advanced initial disease and short delay to transformation, the CD30 immunophenotype could be regarded as a useful additional prognostic marker in T-MF.  相似文献   

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Mycosis fungoides, or cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), is a T-cell mediated chronic inflammatory skin disease, which can occasionally progress with a variable time course to a fatal lymphoma or to a leukaemic form called Sézary's syndrome. Extensive research into CTCL has not yet elucidated the primary pathophysiological mechanisms. Immunohistological studies are so far less helpful than expected in establishing early diagnosis and prognosis of the disease. The proposition that an exogenous virus is the cause of CTCL has not been substantiated. Karyotypic analysis of lymphocytes from the skin and blood of patients with CTCL have shown the existence of several genetically aberrant T-cell clones in the same patient. These changes are discussed as potential primary events for the development of CTCL. The hypothesis is put forward that the development of genotraumatic T lymphocytes is involved in the progression of the disease.  相似文献   

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Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL) comprise a group of diseases characterized by the accumulation of malignant T cells within the skin. Sezary syndrome represents an aggressive form of CTCL, in which the skin is diffusely affected and the peripheral blood is involved. It is characterized by the triad of generalized erythroderma, lymphadenopathy, and neoplastic T cells (Sezary cells) in the skin, lymph nodes, and peripheral blood. Leonine facies is rare and corresponds to the morphologic manifestation of diffuse dermal infiltration of the face. It can occur in cutaneous T-cell lymphomas that progress during years without therapy. We present the case of a 54-year-old man with Sezary syndrome presenting with leonine facies, unresponsive to conventional therapies; he exhibited a promising response to subcutaneous low-dose alemtuzumab.  相似文献   

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Background The development of lupus erythematosus-like (LE-like) features in patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) has not been reported previously in the literature. Both diseases, however, have been etiologically linked to retroviruses. Objective Our purpose was to report four cases of patients with CTCL who developed LE-like features during the course of their disease, and to evaluate for evidence of antibodies to retroviruses in the sera of these patients. Patients Four patients with biopsy-proven CTCL with clinical or histologic features of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were evaluated for clinical and laboratory criteria for SLE. Only one patient demonstrated four American Rheumatism Association (ARA) criteria sufficient for the diagnosis of SLE. The remaining three patients demonstrated one or two criteria for SLE. In addition, the sera of these patients were examined by Western blot analysis for evidence of human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-I), human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type I (HTLV-I), or human intracisternal A-type particle type I (HIAP-I) retroviral proteins. Each patient demonstrated antibodies to some of the retroviral proteins examined. The sera of two patients reacted to proteins for HIAP-I, and the sera of two patients reacted to p24 gag proteins of HIV-I. No patient reacted to HTLV-I proteins. Conclusions Our report identifies four patients with CTCL who developed LE-like features during the course of their disease. Although the etiology of CTCL and SLE has not been well established, each has been linked to retroviruses. Evidence of antibodies to retroviral proteins was identified in each of our patients by Western blot analysis. Although the clinical and laboratory findings in these cases do not resolve the etiologic role of retroviruses in CTCL or SLE, they suggest that retroviruses may have a role in the pathogenesis of the clinical phenomenon reported in these four patients.  相似文献   

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Despite recent advances in the understanding of normal T lymphocyte immunobiology, there has been little progress in characterizing the non-HTLV cutaneous T-cell lymphomas and leukemias (CTCL) Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary syndrome. The two major impediments to in vitro studies of these malignancies have been the contamination of CTCL cells with normal T cells and the inability to induce a vigorous proliferative response or establish long-term cultures with standard T-cell mitogens. The ideal reagent for identifying CTCL cells in a given patient would be tumor specific. Although a monoclonal antibody to the clonotypic antigen receptor on CTCL cells would approach this ideal, it is not currently feasible to generate such antibodies for each CTCL patient. As a compromise, we chose to test an "almost clonotypic" reagent by examining whether monoclonal antibodies directed at the variable (V) region of the T-cell antigen receptor could be applied to CTCL. We identified three Sezary patients, who by standard T-cell phenotype and Southern blot analysis for clonality had a virtually pure peripheral blood population of leukemic cells (PBL). We then screened the PBL of these patients with a panel of seven commercially available monoclonal anti-V region antibodies and found one patients' cells reacted greater than 99% with alpha V beta 5. The other patients' cells were non-reactive. In addition, we utilized a solid-phase system to cross-link V beta 5 on the one CTCL patients' PBL cells, and found that they proliferated vigorously in the presence of 10 units of IL-2 and IL-4. Parallel cultures have been maintained for one month by restimulation twice a week. These findings suggest that anti-V region antibodies should prove useful for investigating the immunobiology of CTCL.  相似文献   

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Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL) are a heterogeneous group of lymphoproliferative disorders. We investigated the variable region (Vβ) of the T-cell receptor (TCR) repertoire in CTCL and compared it to the Vβ repertoire in normal and eczematous skin. We used a panel of 21 anti-Vβ antibodies and investigated 84 biopsies of 71 CTCL patients (4 parapsoriasis en grandes plaques (PA), 1 lymphomatoid papulosis, 29 mycosis fungoides (MF), 13 Sezary syndrome (SS), 1 CD8+ CTCL, 11 pleomorphic CTCL (PLEO), 12 CTCL not classified). Six biopsies of normal skin and 6 of eczematous skin lesions served as controls. We determined the frequency of the Vβ in normal and inflamed skin and compared it to the percentage of the respective Vβ in the malignant clone of the CTCL patients. The percentage of the Vβ positive CD4+ cells in relation to the total number of T cells in normal skin and inflamed skin differed from the distribution of the Vβ families in the peripheral blood monoiiuclear cells (PBMC). Out of 71 CTCL cases, the clone was identified in 23 (32%). We identified the following clones : 1 V03.1 (1 MF), 7 V05.1 (1 CD8+ CTCL.l CTCL not classified, 1 MF, 1 PA, 3 SS), 1 V|36.7 (1 SS), 7 Vβ8.1/8.2 (2 CTCL not classified,! PLEO, 2 MF, 2 SS), 1 V012.1 (1 PLEO), 3 Vβl7.1 (2 CTCL not classified, 1 MF), 2 Vβ22.1 (1 CTCL not classified, 1 MF), 1 TCR8 (SS). The frequency of the malignant clone Vβ usage corresponded well to the repertoire of Vβ in eczematous skin but not to the repertoire in PBMC. In 6 patients, the malignant clone was mainly localized in the epidermis. In 17 cases, the clone-specific cells were distributed in epidermis and dermis equally. A retrospective analysis showed that preferential epidermal homing of the clone was associated with a non-aggressive clinical course. The Vβ usage of CTCL and eczema suggests a special cutaneous microenvironment which might be co-created by certain (bacterial?) superantigens. A preferential epidermal homing of the clone might have prognostic implications.  相似文献   

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John A.  Zic 《Dermatologic therapy》2009,22(5):407-417
The primary cutaneous T cell lymphomas (CTCL) encompass all malignancies of the T cell where the skin is the primary organ of involvement. The diagnosis of a CTCL variant can be detoured by a number of obstacles including the slow evolution of the disease into a classic clinical and pathologic pattern. A realistic goal of early stage treatment is to reduce the likelihood of progression to a more advanced stage, not to achieve a cure. No studies have adequately compared the different systemic agents in patients with advanced CTCL so the clinician is left to act in the best interest of the patient with what evidence is available. When using the systemic agents, a "start low and go slow" strategy may offer patients several advantages. Dermatologists are uniquely trained to diagnose and to manage all but the most advanced stage patients with CTCL.  相似文献   

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BACKGROUND: The etiopathology of chronic eczematous lesions of the palms and/or soles remains elusive in a considerable proportion of patients. Accumulating evidence suggests that a rare variant of mycosis fungoides (MF)-type cutaneous T cell lymphoma (CTCL) restricted to the palms and/or soles may mimic common palmoplantar dermatoses. OBJECTIVE: In the present study, we analyzed the clinical and histological characteristics of 3 adult patients with preexisting nonclassified chronic palmoplantar eczema poorly responding to standard therapies. Palmar and/or plantar MF was eventually diagnosed. METHODS: The course of the disease, response to previous therapies and dermatological features are described, results of histochemical and immunohistochemical analyses are reported, including T cell receptor gamma gene rearrangement where obtainable. RESULTS: Onset of cutaneous lesions with broad clinical variation was experienced 2-10 years prior to diagnosis; conventional therapies led to short-time or partial remission only; except for 1 patient, the epidermotropic infiltrate was predominantly composed of CD4-positive cells; topical photochemotherapy seems to result in more durable responses. CONCLUSION: As therapeutic strategies for this disease variant differ from symptomatic standard treatment regimens, awareness of MF-type CTCL as a relevant differential diagnosis of palmoplantar eczema should be expanded to prevent delay in diagnosis and adequate therapy.  相似文献   

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Background Cutaneous lesions in myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) may be specific or not and may reveal bone marrow transformation. Our purpose was to investigate in a cohort of 84 MDS patients the correlation of cutaneous findings with immunologic parameters and prognostic features of MDS in order to clarify their potential clinical significance. Materials and methods We studied a cohort of 84 newly diagnosed MDS patients in order to assess the cutaneous findings present at the time of diagnosis and during 1 to 3 years of follow‐up. We described the clinical variety of cutaneous findings ascertained by histology. We also looked for any association between the group of MDS patients with skin manifestations and MDS subtype, immunologic and prognostic features highlighting transformation to acute leukaemia. Results Twenty‐one patients presented cutaneous manifestations: 1 patient developed leukaemia cutis, 6 patients photosensitivity not associated with autoimmune disease, 3 prurigo nodularis, 2 Sweet's syndrome, 6 leucocytoclastic vasculitis, 2 ecchymoses and purpura associated with preexisting relapsing polychondritis, 1 patient subcutaneous nodules associated with Wegener's granulomatosis and 1 patient with malar rash and oral ulcers associated with preexisting systemic lupus erythematosus. Adjusted for age and gender, the presence of skin findings constitutes a significant predictor of the high‐risk MDS subgroup (odds ratio, 3.59; 95% confidence interval, 1.18–10.92). Hypergammaglobulinemia was significantly higher in the MDS subgroup with skin manifestations (P = 0.03). Conclusion Most MDS patients with cutaneous manifestations belong to the high‐risk MDS subgroup and present hypergammaglobulinemia. Early biopsy of skin lesions in myelodysplasia is indicated.  相似文献   

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BACKGROUND AND DESIGN--Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) frequently presents a difficult diagnostic challenge for the clinician and pathologist. To assess the diagnostic validity of conventional histopathologic findings in CTCL, pretreatment skin biopsy specimens were scored prospectively and independently by a panel of five to seven dermatopathologists and pathologists. Scores were compared with disease outcome. Repeatability of these scores was examined among observers and for the same observer. The study population consisted of 165 subjects, initially referred for suspected mycosis fungoides or Sézary syndrome. Ninety-two patients determined to have CTCL have been followed up for 6.3 +/- 3.5 years (mean +/- SD) and are categorized according to disease outcome: 22 are in complete remission, 35 are in partial remission, three have progressive lymphoma, 15 died of disease, 13 died of other causes, and four were unavailable for follow-up. Seventy-three patients determined not to have CTCL have been followed up for 5.3 +/- 3.2 years without subsequent clinicopathologic evidence of CTCL. These longitudinal data allowed comparisons of the clinical course with the original histologic interpretations. RESULTS--Data showed that the histologic scores rendered by the pathology panel did not correlate with stage of disease and were not an accurate predictor of clinical outcome, because the histologic ratings did not discriminate between patients who eventually had complete remission and those with either progressive lymphoma or who have died of disease. The results also substantiate the low inherent reliability of histopathologic findings in CTCL. Large differences existed among pathologists in scoring the study populations and repeated reading of selected cases by the same panel member resulted in a change of diagnosis 15% of the time. Among the histologic features evaluated, only the presence of mitoses in the infiltrating cells showed a trend toward an unfavorable outcome. CONCLUSION--Pathologic diagnosis in the CTCL disease spectrum should be interpreted with caution and then only in conjunction with the clinical evaluation. As expected, the use of an average value from a panel of readers added a component of stability to the histologic interpretation.  相似文献   

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Sinus histiocytosis with massive lymphadenopathy, or Rosai-Dorfman disease, is a benign idiopathic histiocytic proliferative disorder that commonly involves the lymph nodes but secondarily may involve the skin. However, purely cutaneous disease without lymphadenopathy or internal organ involvement rarely may occur. We present case reports of three patients who presented with asymptomatic nonspecific enlarging skin nodules without evidence of lymphadenopathy or internal disease. Histopathologic examination of skin lesions in all patients showed proliferation of large histiocytes with phagocytosed inflammatory cells characteristic of Rosai-Dorfman disease. However, the diagnoses of dermatofibroma, other spindle cell neoplasm, infectious granulomatous process, and other xanthohistiocytic proliferations were also considered due to the presence of storiform spindle cells and foamy cells in the first case. One patient experienced regression during a course of oral steroids, while another patient cleared spontaneously. In the absence of massive lymphadenopathy characteristic of Rosai-Dorfman disease, the diagnosis of purely cutaneous Rosai-Dorfman disease may be complicated by the rarity, non-specific clinical appearance of skin lesions, and broad histopathological differential diagnosis of this disorder. A high index of suspicion of the clinician and pathologist is often required.  相似文献   

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The marked photosensitivity associated with chronic actinic dermatitis (CAD) is presumed to be due to a T cell-mediated response to ultraviolet (UV)-induced epidermal neoantigens. Photosensitivity is, however, a rare occurrence in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). We discuss a series of four patients with erythrodermic CTCL who exhibited marked photosensitivity mimicking CAD. Significantly, the tumour cells had a CD8 phenotype in half of these patients. All patients had T-cell clones in skin and also demonstrated identical peripheral T-cell clones in blood or lymph node involvement. Sézary cell counts ranged from 6% to 20%, CD4/CD8 ratios from 0·22 to 23·5. Clinical presentation was striking for a marked photosensitive distribution. Monochromator irradiation testing revealed reduced minimal erythema doses throughout UVB and UVA ranges, findings consistent with those seen in CAD. All patients subsequently died from systemic disease. These findings suggest that, rarely, malignant clonal T-cell populations may recognize a unique UV-induced neoantigen, resulting in the clinical features of severe photosensitivity mimicking those seen in CAD.  相似文献   

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