Editorial: Cutaneous B-Cell Lymphomas

Cutaneous B-cell Lymphomas

Clinical features and history Cutaneous B-cell lymphomas usually present as one or more erythematous papules or nodules that may coalesce to form plaques. They are usually localized tumors effecting one cutaneous region and rarely ulcerate. There is some regional predilection for various sub-types of tumors; follicle center lymphoma more commonly arises on the scalp, marginal zone B-cell lympho...

Cutaneous primary B-cell lymphomas: from diagnosis to treatment*

Primary cutaneous B-cell lymphomas are a heterogeneous group of mature B-cells neoplasms with tropism for the skin, whose biology and clinical course differ significantly from the equivalent nodal lymphomas. The most indolent forms comprise the primary cutaneous marginal zone and follicle center B-cell lymphomas that despite the excellent prognosis have cutaneous recurrences very commonly. The ...

Molecular analysis of cutaneous B- and T-cell lymphomas.

Among extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphomas, primary cutaneous lymphomas (CLs) represent a consistent group of B- and T-cell malignancies. We investigated the arrangement of Ig and T-cell receptor (TCR) genes, together with the involvement of several oncogenes and the tumor-suppressor gene p53, in a panel of primary cutaneous B- and T-cell lymphomas (CBCLs and CTCLs). Southern blot analysis was pe...

Primary cutaneous large B - cell lymphomas . Clinicopathologic features ,

MicroRNA Profiling of Primary Cutaneous Large B-Cell Lymphomas

Aberrant expression of microRNAs is widely accepted to be pathogenetically involved in nodal diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs). However, the microRNAs profiles of primary cutaneous large B-cell lymphomas (PCLBCLs) are not yet described. Its two main subtypes, i.e., primary cutaneous diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, leg type (PCLBCL-LT) and primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma (PCFCL) ...