Mycosis fungoides (MF) is a cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and occasionally undergo large cell transformation (transformed MF, TMF), resulting in a poorer clinical outcome. We describe a case of TMF with an immunophenotypic shift. MF showed the CD4 + CD8- T-cell phenotype, while TMF exhibited the CD4-CD8 + T-cell phenotype. Moreover, TMF expressed cytotoxic markers of TIA1 and Granzyme B. A PCR analysis of T-cell receptor genes revealed peak sizes that were the same in both biopsies, indicating that these two lymphomas were derived from the same clone.
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Thomas Jefferson Univ, Dept Dermatol & Cutaneous Biol, Philadelphia, PA USAThomas Jefferson Univ, Dept Dermatol & Cutaneous Biol, Philadelphia, PA USA
Banner, L.
Gleason, L.
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