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Journal of IMAB - Annual Proceeding (Scientific Papers)
Publisher: Peytchinski, Gospodin Iliev
ISSN: 1312 773X (Online)
Issue: 2010, vol. 16, book 3
Subject Collection: Medicine
Page: 100-101
DOI: 10.5272/jimab.1632010_100
Online date: April 19, 2011
J of IMAB 2010; 16(3):100-101
MODERN CLASSIFICATION OF CUTANEOUS PSEUDOLYMPHOMAS
S. Shtilionova1, P.Drumeva1, M. Balabanova2, I. Krasnaliev3
1) Department of dermatology and venereology, Medical University - Varna
2) Department of dermatology and venereology, Medical University – Sofia
3) Department of pathology, Medical University - Varna, Bulgaria
ABSTRACT:
Systematizing of different diseases and skin disorders is quite difficult. Different authors make classifications according to numerous criteria. Pseudolymphomas are reactive lymphocytic proliferations that appear in the skin and resemble a malignant lymphoma.
Different classifications exist for cutaneous pseudolymphomas. The broadest classification differentiates them into 6 groups, but the most commonly used is the classification based on clinical and morphological criteria.
According to the latest classification (1998), they are divided into cutaneous T-cell pseudolymphomas and - cutaneous B-cell pseudolymphomas.
The evidence from the histopathological analysis is of utmost important for the accurate diagnosis.
Key words: Cutaneous pseudolymphomas, Classification.
Page: 100-101; FULL TEXT PDF (125 KB) Abstract
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