CD4+/CD56+ hematodermic neoplasm: report of a rare variant with a T-cell receptor gene rearrangement |
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Authors: | Stetsenko Galina Y McFarlane Rob Kalus Andrea Olerud John Cherian Sindhu Fromm Jonathan George Evan Argenyi Zsolt |
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Institution: | Department of Pathology;, Department of Dermatology;and Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA |
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Abstract: | CD4+/CD56+ hematodermic neoplasm (HN), formerly known as a blastic natural killer (NK) cell lymphoma, is a rare subtype of a cutaneous dendritic cell neoplasm notable for highly aggressive behavior. The characteristic features are: expression of the T-helper/inducer cell marker CD4 and the NK-cell marker CD56 in the absence of other T cell or NK-cell specific markers. In particular, CD3 (surface or cytoplasmic) and CD2 are not expressed. Although T-cell receptor (TCR) genes are generally reported to be in a germline configuration, we present an unusual variant of a CD4+/CD56+ HN with a clonal rearrangement of TCR genes. This feature of a CD4+/CD56+ HN has been only rarely reported. Recognition of the presence of clonal TCR gene rearrangements in a small subset of CD4+/CD56+ HN is important to avoid misdiagnosis of this entity as an unusual variant of a cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. |
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