Journal article
Primary cutaneous CD4 /CD56 hematodermic neoplasm (blastic NK-cell lymphoma): A report of five cases
AP Ng, S Lade, T Rutherford, C McCormack, HM Prince, DA Westerman
Haematologica | Published : 2006
Abstract
CD4+/CD56+ hematodermic neoplasm (WHO-EORTC) or blastic NK-cell lymphoma (WHO) is a rare aggressive CD4+CD56 +lin- skin-tropic lymphoma of putative early-plasmacytoid dendritic cell origin. We present five cases to highlight the need for greater awareness of this entity amongst pathologists such that aggressive treatment he considered given the generally poor prognosis.