Fine needle aspiration cytology of
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Sixteen of all the patients were diagnosed with reactive hyperplasia, 4 with Hodgkin lymphoma, 3 with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, one with langerhans cell histiocytosis, one with
dermatopathic lymphadenitis and one patient was diagnosed with Kikuchi Fujimato disease (Table II).
To the Editor:
Dermatopathic lymphadenitis (DL) represents a rare benign lymphatic hyperplasia commonly associated with exfoliative or eczematoid dermatitis.
Dermatopathic lymphadenitis is often observed in such patients (12).
Abbreviations: Pt: patient number; ClinDx: clinical assessment; TNMB: tumor-node-metastasis-blood; LN: lymph node; MG: T cell clonality by molecular testing; CTCL: cutaneous T cell lymphoma; MF: mycosis fungoides, patch (PT), plaque (PQ), tumor (T) phases; MF-E: erythroderma preceded by MF; NOS: not otherwise specified; SS: Sezary syndrome; PathDx: histological assessment; DL:
dermatopathic lymphadenitis.