Cutaneous B-cell lymphomas constitute a group of diseases that occur less commonly than
cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, and are characterized histologically by
B-cells that appear similar to those normally found in
germinal center
Germinal centers or germinal centres (GCs) are transiently formed structures within B cell zone (follicles) in secondary lymphoid organs – lymph nodes, ileal Peyer's patches, and the spleen – where mature B cells are activated, prolifera ...
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lymph nodes.
Conditions included in this group are:
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Primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type
Primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type (PCDLBCL-LT) (also termed PCDLBCL, leg type or primary cutaneous DLBCL, leg type) is a cutaneous lymphoma skin disease that occurs mostly in elderly females. In this disease, B cells (a ty ...
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Primary cutaneous follicular lymphoma
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Primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma
Primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphomas represent a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by solitary or multiple dermis, dermal or subcutaneous nodules. Lymphomas included in this group are:
:* Primary cutaneous immunocytoma
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Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma
Intravascular lymphomas (IVL) are rare cancers in which malignant lymphocytes proliferate and accumulate within blood vessels. Almost all other tyes of lymphoma involve the proliferation and accumulation of malignant lymphocytes in lymph nodes, ...
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Plasmacytoma
Plasmacytoma is a plasma cell dyscrasia in which a plasma cell tumour grows within soft tissue or within the axial skeleton.
The International Myeloma Working Group lists three types: Plasma cell dyscrasia#Solitary plasmacytoma, solitary plasma ...
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Plasmacytosis
See also
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Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
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List of cutaneous conditions
References
External links
Lymphoid-related cutaneous conditions
Lymphoma
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