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Report of Six Cases

T. C. LAIPPLY, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1948;81(1):19-36.

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THE ASSOCIATION of a peculiar type of hyperplasia of lymph nodes with chronic dermatitis was first pointed out by Pautrier and Woringer¹ in 1937. They reported 11 cases in which there were dermatitis and lymphadenopathy. In 4 instances lymph nodes were removed and showed a peculiar type of hyperplasia. The dermatitis varied in type and degree but was usually erythematous, desquamative and associated with pruritus. The lymph node hyperplasia was characterized by the multiplication of reticular cells, the presence of intracellular fat and melanin pigment and slight infiltration with eosinophils. In 1941 Soloff² reported a case in which there were similar changes in the inguinal lymph nodes in a patient who died of disseminated miliary tuberculosis.

It should be noted that in many of the reported cases there was widespread lymphadenopathy, which led to a clinical diagnosis of lymphoblastoma.

In this paper 6 cases of chronic dermatitis, pruritus . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
CHICAGO

From the Institute of Pathology, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, and the department of pathology of Northwestern University and Wesley Memorial Hospital.

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