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Adenocarcinoma in Situ/diagnóstico , Adenocarcinoma in Situ/cirurgia , Neoplasias do Ânus/diagnóstico , Neoplasias do Ânus/cirurgia , Doença de Paget Extramamária/diagnóstico , Doença de Paget Extramamária/cirurgia , Adenocarcinoma in Situ/patologia , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Neoplasias do Ânus/patologia , Biópsia , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Masculino , Doença de Paget Extramamária/patologiaAssuntos
Doenças Autoimunes/complicações , Arterite de Células Gigantes/etiologia , Imunoglobulina G/imunologia , Artérias Temporais/patologia , Administração Oral , Doenças Autoimunes/sangue , Doenças Autoimunes/tratamento farmacológico , Feminino , Testa , Arterite de Células Gigantes/tratamento farmacológico , Arterite de Células Gigantes/patologia , Glucocorticoides/administração & dosagem , Glucocorticoides/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Imunoglobulina G/sangue , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Dor/etiologia , Prednisolona/administração & dosagem , Prednisolona/uso terapêutico , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios XRESUMO
We report a case of an 88-year-old woman with a decalvant, erythematous, ulcerated tumor extending from the right temporal to occipital region. Histopathological analysis revealed a dense infiltration of medium-to-large-sized atypical cells throughout the entire dermis. The result of immunohistochemical analysis showed that the infiltrating T cells expressed programmed death-1 (PD-1), Bcl-6 and CXCL13. Flow cytometry analysis showed that CD4(+) PD-1(hi) T cells also expressed CD10, inducible T-cell co-stimulator and CXCR5. On the basis of the clinical appearance and the histopathological findings, we diagnosed the patient with primary cutaneous peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified. Recently, the concept of primary cutaneous follicular helper T (TFH)-cell lymphoma was proposed, and in this case, tumor cells clearly expressed TFH-cell markers. Therefore, we considered this case to be a variant of the entity. Although this entity is still provisional, this case supports the new concept.