Contributed by Franklin Sedarat, MD, MSc and Drazen Jukic, MD, PhD
Published on line in July 2005
PATIENT PRESENTATION:
28-year-old male with erythematous pruritic plaques with mild scales for a month, distributed over his left forearm, scrotum, left side waist and scalp (with alopecia).
MICROSCOPIC EXAM:
Figures 1 to 5.
IMMUNOSTAINS:
Figures (CD20, CD3, CD4, CD30). ALK1 immunostain is negative.
MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY:
T-cell receptor gamma chain gene rearrangement is detected by Polymerase chain reaction (PCR).