Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas: histology
M. Santucci
Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, University of Florence , Medical School, Florence, Italy
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors that arise from the lymphoreticular system. Approximately one third of non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas occur in extranodal sites, and the skin is the second most common site of extranodal involvement after the gastrointestinal tract. Primary cutaneous lymphomas often have a different clinical behaviour and prognosis from histologically similar systemic lymphomas involving the skin secondarily, and therefore require different types of therapies.
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