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.