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Mandel J, Gleason L, Joffe D, Bhatti S, Nikbakht N. Immunosequencing applications in cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1300061. [PMID: 38213330 PMCID: PMC10783977 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1300061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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Immunosequencing has emerged as a newer clinical test for assessment of T-cell clonality in the blood and skin of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) patients. Utilization of immunosequencing, also known as high-throughput sequencing of the T-cell receptor (HTS-TCR), enables identification and quantification of the precise genetic signature of dominant T-cell clones. Although immunosequencing is more sensitive than commonly used methods such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) paired with capillary electrophoresis or flow cytometry, it remains underutilized for CTCL management. Nonetheless, incorporation of HTS-TCR in clinical practice offers distinct advantages compared to other molecular analyses that may improve diagnostic evaluation, prognostication, and disease monitoring in CTCL. The objective of this comprehensive review is to provide a thorough explanation of the application of immunosequencing in the context of CTCL. We describe the significance of T-cell clonality and the methods used to detect it, including a detailed comparison between PCR paired with capillary electrophoresis and HTS-TCR. The utilization of immunosequencing in the blood and skin of CTCL patients is discussed in depth, specifically outlining how HTS-TCR can assist in diagnosing CTCL, predicting outcomes, and tracking disease progression. Finally, we address the potential applications of immunosequencing in clinical management and research as well as the novel challenges it presents.
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- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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Liu YA, Finn AJ, Subtil A. Primary cutaneous lymphomas in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL): A series of 12 cases. J Cutan Pathol 2021; 48:617-624. [PMID: 33415780 DOI: 10.1111/cup.13956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 12/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (CLL/SLL) is associated with an increased risk of a second malignancy. METHODS We conducted a retrospective clinicopathologic review of 12 patients with CLL/SLL who developed a second lymphoma in the skin. Demographic data, clinical information, and histopathology from 31 biopsies were recorded. Cases of secondary cutaneous involvement by CLL/SLL (leukemia cutis) and non-primary cutaneous lymphomas were excluded. RESULTS A wide variety of primary cutaneous lymphomas was identified, including classic mycosis fungoides (3), cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma (2), primary cutaneous peripheral T-cell lymphoma unspecified (2), folliculotropic mycosis fungoides (1), Sézary syndrome (1), cutaneous gamma-delta T-cell lymphoma (1), cutaneous CD8+ aggressive epidermotropic cytotoxic T-cell lymphoma (1), and cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma (1). A male predominance was observed, and the average age was 74.1 years. In all patients, CLL/SLL predated the development of the second lymphoma, which was aggressive in the majority of cases (58%). Aggressive cytotoxic T-cell lymphomas, generally rare neoplasms, were relatively common (30%). CONCLUSIONS CLL/SLL patients may develop a second lymphoma in the skin, which may be aggressive. Atypical cutaneous lymphoid infiltrates in this patient population should not be assumed to represent secondary CLL/SLL involvement and require thorough immunohistochemical analysis.
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- Yi Ariel Liu
- University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Island Health, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Visseaux L, Durlach A, Barete S, Beylot-Barry M, Bonnet N, Chassine A, Franck N, Herve G, Leclec'h C, Machet L, Ingen-Housz-Oro S, Petrella T, Vergier B, Ortonne N, Grange F. T-cell papulosis associated with B-cell malignancy: a distinctive clinicopathologic entity. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2018; 32:1469-1475. [DOI: 10.1111/jdv.14805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- L. Visseaux
- Service de Dermatologie; Hôpital Robert Debré; Reims France
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- Laboratoire Pol Bouin; Hôpital Maison Blanche; Reims France
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- Service de Dermatologie; Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière; Paris France
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- Service de Dermatologie; Hôpital Saint-André; Bordeaux France
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- Dermatologie; Institut Paoli Calmettes; Marseille France
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- Service de Dermatologie; Hôpital Cochin; Paris France
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- Service de Pathologie; Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière; Paris France
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- Service de Dermatologie; CHU d'Angers; Angers France
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- Service de Dermatologie; Hôpital Trousseau; Tours France
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- Department of Hematology-Oncology; University of Montréal; Montréal Canada
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- Service de Pathologie; Hôpital Haut-Levêque; Pessac France
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- Service de Pathologie; Hôpital Henri Mondor; Créteil France
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- Service de Dermatologie; Hôpital Robert Debré; Reims France
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Wong E, Mahmood MN, Salopek TG. Concomitant B Hairy Cell Leukemia and Mycosis Fungoides in an Elderly Man. Case Rep Dermatol 2017; 9:103-107. [PMID: 28512405 PMCID: PMC5422730 DOI: 10.1159/000456650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The development of both a T- and B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder in one patient is an unlikely coincidence due to the low prevalence of each malignancy. We report a 65-year-old man with a previously documented history of B hairy cell leukemia, who presented with a new-onset acneiform eruption of his scalp, face, trunk, back, and extremities. Routine pathology of the skin lesions with immunohistochemical stains and molecular studies were consistent with a folliculotropic mycosis fungoides. B hairy cell leukemia and mycosis fungoides occurring in the same patient seems to be a rare phenomenon with only 5 cases reported in the literature.
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- Eric Wong
- aDivision of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- bDepartment of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- aDivision of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Vonderheid EC, Kadin ME, Telang GH. Papular mycosis fungoides: Six new cases and association with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. World J Dermatol 2016; 5:136-143. [DOI: 10.5314/wjd.v5.i4.136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Revised: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 10/09/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Papular mycosis fungoides (MF) is a rare presentation of MF. Six illustrative cases of papular MF were retrospectively reviewed. Five of the cases studied by immunohistochemistry had variable numbers (range: 1%-20%) of CD30+ cells in the dermal infiltrate, a finding that is characteristic of lymphomatoid papulosis but may occasionally occur in typical early MF. Although none of our papular MF patients had progressive disease, lesions with relatively high numbers of CD30+ cells in 3 patients did not respond well to skin-directed treatments used for MF. Interestingly, these patients had evidence of co-existing clonal B cell populations in the blood (one with clonal B cell lymphocytosis and two with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia). We conclude that: (1) papular MF may contain CD30+ cells, thereby causing confusion with lymphomatoid papulosis; and (2) papular MF, like more typical MF, may be associated with clonal B-cell proliferations including chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
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A Primary Cutaneous CD30-Positive T-Cell Lymphoproliferative Disorder Arising in a Patient With Multiple Myeloma and Cutaneous Amyloidosis. Am J Dermatopathol 2016; 38:388-92. [PMID: 26981738 DOI: 10.1097/dad.0000000000000534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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CD30-positive cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders, a group of T-cell neoplasms, including lymphomatoid papulosis (LyP) and cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma, require careful clinicopathologic correlation for diagnosis. An association between LyP and the development of a second hematolymphoid malignancy has been established in the literature. LyP has also been reported with systemic amyloidosis, but no such reports have documented coexisting cutaneous amyloid deposition with LyP to our knowledge. A 66-year-old woman with cutaneous amyloidosis, secondary to multiple myeloma, in remission, presented with erythematous and dark-brown papules involving the right arm, scalp, and torso. Punch biopsy of the arm showed a dermal infiltrate of intermediate-sized lymphocytes, some of which displayed a plasmacytoid morphology and prominent nodular subepidermal amyloid deposition. Punch biopsy of the scalp similarly showed a nonepidermotropic dense dermal infiltrate of intermediate-sized plasmacytoid lymphocytes and multifocal amyloid deposition. Both infiltrates were immunophenotypically CD30-positive, anaplastic lymphoma kinase-negative T-cell lymphoproliferative processes. Subsequent studies showed no systemic involvement, and clinical correlation suggested a final diagnosis of LyP. We present this case of LyP, which histologically mimics a B-cell proliferation with a plasmacytoid morphology arising in association with cutaneous amyloidosis to highlight the importance of clinicopathologic correlation, a thorough battery of immunohistochemical studies, and consideration for a second hematologic malignancy arising in the setting of LyP.
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Sézary syndrome is an aggressive variant of cutaneous T cell lymphoma with poor prognosis and clinically characterized by erythroderma and Sézary cells in the blood. Here we report a case of bullous Sézary syndrome. A seventy-year-old male presented with erythroderma and inguinal lymph node swelling. Histopathological examination showed dermal and epidermal infiltration of atypical lymphocytes and Sézary cells could be detected in peripheral blood samples. He was therefore diagnosed as Sézary syndrome. Four months after the onset, he developed bullae on axillary and inguinal areas, featuring subepidermal blistering with basal cell degeneration and dense infiltration of atypical lymphocytes. Autoimmune bullous diseases were excluded by negative immunofluorescence. Bullous forms of Sézary syndrome are extremely rare although several cases of a bullous variant of mycosis fungoides have been reported.
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- Atsuko Ono
- Department of Geriatric and Environmental Dermatology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1-Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8601, Japan
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Ingen-Housz-Oro S, Franck N, Beneton N, Fauconneau A, Do-Pham G, Carlotti A, Petit T, Liolios I, Bara C, Carpentier H, Storelli D, Prophette B, Garderet L, Haioun C, Petit E, Delfau-Larue MH, Vergier B, Chosidow O, Beylot-Barry M, Ortonne N. Folliculotropic T-cell infiltrates associated with B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemia or MALT lymphoma may reveal either true mycosis fungoides or pseudolymphomatous reaction: seven cases and review of the literature. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2014; 29:77-85. [DOI: 10.1111/jdv.12454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Department of Dermatology; AP-HP; Cochin Hospital; Paris
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- Department of Dermatology; Le Mans Hospital; Le Mans
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- Department of Dermatology; CHU Bordeaux; Bordeaux
- EA2406; Histology and Molecular Pathology of Tumors; Univ. Bordeaux; Bordeaux
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- Department of Dermatology; AP-HP; Henri Mondor Hospital; Créteil
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- Department of Pathology; AP-HP; Cochin Hospital; Paris
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- Department of Dermatology; Le Mans Hospital; Le Mans
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- Department of Pathology; Le Mans Hospital; Le Mans
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- Department of Hematology; AP-HP; Saint-Antoine Hospital; Paris
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- Lymphoid Malignancies Unit; AP-HP; Henri Mondor Hospital; Créteil
- Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne (UPEC); Créteil
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- Policlinique Saint-Jean; Cagnes-sur-Mer
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- Laboratory of Immunology; AP-HP; Henri Mondor Hospital; Créteil
- Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne (UPEC); Créteil
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- Department of Pathology; CHU Bordeaux; Bordeaux
- EA2406; Histology and Molecular Pathology of Tumors; Univ. Bordeaux; Bordeaux
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- Department of Dermatology; AP-HP; Henri Mondor Hospital; Créteil
- Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne (UPEC); Créteil
- INSERM; Centre d'Investigation Clinique 006; APHP; Créteil France
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- Department of Dermatology; CHU Bordeaux; Bordeaux
- EA2406; Histology and Molecular Pathology of Tumors; Univ. Bordeaux; Bordeaux
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- Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne (UPEC); Créteil
- Department of Pathology; AP-HP; Henri Mondor Hospital; Créteil
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Dasanu CA, Gopal S, Davis LK, Atienza JA. Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma in a patient with history of B-cell lymphoma treated successfully with chemotherapy 15 years prior. J Oncol Pharm Pract 2013; 20:233-5. [PMID: 23740379 DOI: 10.1177/1078155213489913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Constantin A Dasanu
- 1Department of Hematology-Oncology, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT, USA
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Whitling NA, Shanesmith RP, Jacob L, McBurney E, Sebastian S, Wang E, Wang AR. Composite lymphoma of mycosis fungoides and cutaneous small B-cell lymphoma in a 73-year-old male patient. Hum Pathol 2013; 44:670-5. [PMID: 23313307 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2012.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2012] [Revised: 09/13/2012] [Accepted: 09/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Composite lymphoma of T-cell and B-cell type is uncommon, and the one occurring primarily on skin is extremely rare. Herein, we report a unique case of composite lymphoma of mycosis fungoides and cutaneous small B-cell lymphoma in a 73-year-old male patient. The patient presented with multiple erythematous patches, plaques, and nodules on the upper arms, scalp, and trunk. Four punch biopsies of arm and scalp lesions demonstrated lymphoid infiltrate in superficial to deep dermis with a characteristic zone distribution of T-cell and B-cell components. T cells were distributed in papillary and perifollicular dermis and displayed a larger size with convoluted nuclei, whereas B cells were small sized, assuming nodular infiltrate in mid-deep dermis with coexpression of CD5. Molecular test detected clonal rearrangement of both TCRG and IGH/K genes with identical amplicons for each gene in all 4 biopsies. Clinical staging revealed no extracutaneous lesions. A multidisplinary approach is emphasized to establish a definitive diagnosis.
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Subcutaneous panniculitis–like T-cell lymphoma after rituximab. J Am Acad Dermatol 2012; 67:e223-5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2012] [Revised: 04/16/2012] [Accepted: 04/22/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Tangour M, Chelly I, Haouet S, Zitouna M, Kchir N. Multiple myeloma and cutaneous anaplastic large T-cell lymphoma in the same patient: Is there a causal relation? J Cutan Pathol 2011; 38:298-300. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2009.01447.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- S Ogden
- Departments of Dermatology, Hope Hospital, Salford, Manchester, UK.
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KIKUCHI A, ANZAI H, KOSUGE H, NAKA W, NISHIKAWA T. Aggressive B-cell lymphoma induced by Epstein-Barr virus infection in erythrodermic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Br J Dermatol 2008. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.d01-1158.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Karsai S, Hou JS, Telang G, Kantor GR, Nowell PC, Vonderheid EC. Sézary Syndrome Coexisting with B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Dermatology 2007; 216:68-75. [DOI: 10.1159/000109362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2007] [Accepted: 05/30/2007] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The spectrum of skin diseases that occurs in the oncology patient differs somewhat from that seen in other immunosuppressed populations. We review the cutaneous manifestations of invasive mold infections in the leukemia/lymphoma population. Aspergillus mold infections are now the leading infectious cause of death in this population. We also review the pustular eruption caused by a new class of chemotherapy for solid malignancies. An update on cutaneous graft-versus-host disease appears elsewhere in this journal. Cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas occur more frequently in the chronic lymphocytic leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma population; this is discussed, as is the more aggressive clinical course of these tumors.
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- Steven R Mays
- Department of Dermatology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Hallermann C, Kaune KM, Kaune MK, Tiemann M, Kunze E, Griesinger F, Mitteldorf C, Bertsch HP, Neumann C. High frequency of primary cutaneous lymphomas associated with lymphoproliferative disorders of different lineage. Ann Hematol 2007; 86:509-15. [PMID: 17340135 DOI: 10.1007/s00277-007-0276-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2006] [Accepted: 02/15/2007] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In patients suffering from primary cutaneous lymphomas, secondary malignancies of various origin may develop. However, the frequency of a second neoplasm deriving from another lymphoid lineage is still unclear and may be underestimated. We screened all our patients with primary cutaneous lymphomas from a 4-year recruitment period for a coexisting secondary lymphoproliferative disorder. The cohort comprised of a total of 82 patients with primary cutaneous lymphomas, 62 with primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), 18 with primary cutaneous B-cell lymphomas, and two with CD4+/CD56+ hematodermic neoplasm/blastic lymphomas. Seven patients (8.5%) were identified with a coexisting lymphoma of a different lymphoid lineage. Four patients with Sézary syndrome (SS) suffered from systemic B-cell lymphoma. Two of these developed SS after chemotherapy of their B-cell lymphoma. The other three patients with various types of skin lymphomas (SS, Mycosis fungoides [MF], primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma) developed Hodgkin's disease (hairy cell leukemia). Our data indicate that patients with primary cutaneous lymphomas have an elevated risk for the development of a secondary lymphoproliferative disorder even without previous chemotherapy. Possible explanations for this association include a genetic predisposition, alterations in early progenitor cells, underlying viral infections, and/or stimulation of a B-cell clone by the malignant helper T cells of the primary CTCL and vice versa.
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Barzilai A, Trau H, David M, Feinmesser M, Bergman R, Shpiro D, Schiby G, Rosenblatt K, Or R, Hodak E. Mycosis fungoides associated with B-cell malignancies. Br J Dermatol 2006; 155:379-86. [PMID: 16882178 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07346.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND The coexistence of mycosis fungoides, a peripheral T-cell lymphoma, and B-cell malignancies or Hodgkin's lymphoma in the same patient is unusual. Most descriptions are isolated case reports and case series are strikingly sparse. OBJECTIVES To detect cases of mycosis fungoides associated with B-cell malignancies or Hodgkin's lymphoma and to analyse the characteristics of and the interplay between the lymphoproliferative neoplasms. METHODS Patients with mycosis fungoides who had B-cell malignancies or Hodgkin's lymphoma were selected from among 398 patients either treated or followed up in two tertiary medical centres during a 7-year period. RESULTS Eleven patients with mycosis fungoides and B-cell malignancy were detected (seven of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, three of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, one of multiple myeloma). No case of Hodgkin's lymphoma was found. In seven patients the mycosis fungoides preceded the B-cell malignancy whereas in four it was the B-cell malignancy which occurred first. The time elapsed between onset of the two malignancies ranged from 4 to 22 years (average: 12 years). Patients who had mycosis fungoides as the first neoplasm presented with earlier stages of mycosis fungoides (four of seven: IA, three of seven: IB) than those who had mycosis fungoides as their second neoplasm (of four, one: IB, one: folliculotropic, two: IIB). Among the four patients in whom the appearance of mycosis fungoides followed the B-cell malignancy, three had been treated with multiagent chemotherapy. Two patients who presented with early-stage mycosis fungoides (IA) as the first lymphoma developed mycosis fungoides tumours after becoming immunosuppressed. In two patients infiltrates composed of both malignant T- and B-cell populations were found in a single biopsy. One showed two distinct populations of the malignant cells in the skin tumour, thus constituting a classical composite lymphoma of mycosis fungoides and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, while in the other patient the two malignant populations of marginal B-cell lymphoma and mycosis fungoides (as evidenced by both phenotypic and genotypic findings) were intermingled. CONCLUSIONS This case series indicates that while the coexistence of Hodgkin's lymphoma and mycosis fungoides is extremely rare, the association of mycosis fungoides and B-cell malignancies is not as rare as reflected in the literature, with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma constituting the most common associated B-cell malignancy. In this series as well as in the cases reported in the literature mycosis fungoides usually preceded the development of B-cell malignancies, which may be in accordance with previous reports of an increased risk of developing a second haematological neoplasm. The importance of a competent immune system for patients with mycosis fungoides is well demonstrated in these cases. It is suggested that for greater precision the criteria for diagnosis of composite lymphoma of the skin should include both phenotypic and genotypic features.
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- A Barzilai
- Dermatology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Inokuchi T, Shincho M, Moriwaki Y, Ka T, Takahashi S, Tsutsumi Z, Lin Y, Hirota S, Yamamoto T. Coexistent B-cell lymphoma and cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Intern Med 2006; 45:641-7. [PMID: 16755097 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A 78-year-old man with a history of mycosis fungoides was referred for evaluation of a right adrenal mass. A physical examination showed the left cervical lymph node to be palpable, which was later shown to be caused by a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The patient was diagnosed with concurrent mycosis fungoides and a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Three courses of chemotherapy were performed, however, the patient died of advanced disease. Autopsy findings showed that the right adrenal and soft tissue masses had an identical B-cell origin. Although the exact mechanism remains unclear, the pathogenesis of this rare association is discussed.
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- Taku Inokuchi
- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya
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Ohmatsu H, Saeki H, Fujita H, Toyoma K, Sugaya M, Asahina A, Masuda S, Hirai H, Watanabe T, Nagawa H, Tamaki K. Mycosis fungoides associated with intestinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Int J Dermatol 2005; 44:878-80. [PMID: 16207197 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2005.02247.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Coexistence of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) and a B-cell malignancy is rare. We report a case of mycosis fungoides (MF) associated with intestinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, which is a low-grade B-cell lymphoma of marginal cell origin. To the best of our knowledge, there have been only two cases of coexistent CTCL and MALT lymphoma, and this is the first case with typical MF and intestinal MALT lymphoma. The coexistence in our case might be coincidental, but genetic predisposition and the immunoregulatory capacity of neoplastic T lymphocytes may be factors contributing to this association.
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MESH Headings
- Antigens, CD20/analysis
- CD3 Complex/analysis
- CD4 Antigens/analysis
- CD8 Antigens/analysis
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18/genetics
- Gene Rearrangement
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/genetics
- Immunohistochemistry
- Intestinal Neoplasms/complications
- Intestinal Neoplasms/genetics
- Intestinal Neoplasms/metabolism
- Leukocyte Common Antigens/analysis
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/complications
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone/metabolism
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mycosis Fungoides/complications
- Mycosis Fungoides/genetics
- Mycosis Fungoides/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta/genetics
- Skin Neoplasms/complications
- Skin Neoplasms/genetics
- Skin Neoplasms/metabolism
- Translocation, Genetic
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- Hanako Ohmatsu
- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Agnew KL, Ruchlemer R, Catovsky D, Matutes E, Bunker CB. Cutaneous findings in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Br J Dermatol 2004; 150:1129-35. [PMID: 15214899 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05982.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is a malignancy characterized by clonal expansion of B lymphocytes with distinct morphology and immunophenotype. The dermatological literature relating to CLL is sparse. A global descriptive survey of a large number of CLL patients has not previously been published. OBJECTIVES To report the spectrum of dermatological conditions seen in a large series of CLL patients. METHODS Skin complications in patients with established CLL were identified retrospectively from clinical and photographic records, principally a database of over 750 consecutive cases. These events were classified, enumerated and compared. RESULTS Forty patients with 125 skin manifestations were identified and studied. Forty-one manifestations had documented clinical or histological atypia. In 21 of these 41 complications there had been no prior immunosuppressive therapy. We observed that cutaneous malignancies frequently presented atypically both clinically and histologically. There were 18 patients with 56 instances of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) or squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and clinical atypia was more common with SCC than with BCC. Other cutaneous findings included varicella zoster (n = 6), leukaemia cutis (n = 3), acute graft-versus-host disease (n = 5), cutaneous drug eruptions (n = 9), multiple warts (n = 3), herpes simplex (n = 3), cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (n = 2), eosinophilic folliculitis (n = 2), malignant melanoma (n = 2) and Merkel cell tumour (n = 2). CONCLUSIONS We have identified a range of dermatological conditions in CLL patients, with a tendency to atypical presentations. The atypia was independent of prior chemotherapy.
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- K L Agnew
- Department of Dermatology The Royal Marsden Hospital, London SW3 6JJ, U.K.
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Martinez A, Pittaluga S, Villamor N, Colomer D, Rozman M, Raffeld M, Montserrat E, Campo E, Jaffe ES. Clonal T-cell Populations and Increased Risk for Cytotoxic T-cell Lymphomas in B-CLL Patients. Am J Surg Pathol 2004; 28:849-58. [PMID: 15223953 DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200407000-00002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is associated with increased risk of malignancy, but the occurrence of other lymphomas, in particular T-cell lymphomas, is rare. We identified 7 cases of peripheral T-cell malignancy associated with B-cell-derived CLL from the files of two institutions over a 20-year period. The presence of both B and T lymphoproliferative disorders was confirmed in all cases by immunophenotype and in 6 cases by gene rearrangements. Six patients developed peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL), unspecified, during the course of CLL (10-168 months). In all 5 evaluable cases, the cells had a cytotoxic T-cell phenotype; the sixth case was CD56+, but TIA-1 and Granzyme B could not be studied. A seventh patient with CLL developed mycosis fungoides, and an aggressive NK cell leukemia. To investigate possible risk factors for the development of PTCL, we screened 100 unselected peripheral blood samples from newly diagnosed CLL patients by PCR for the presence of clonal T cell populations. We found evidence of clonal T-cell expansion in 8 patients and increased lymphocytes with large granular lymphocyte morphology in 7 of 8 cases. The immunophenotype was assessed by multicolor flow cytometry and in 4 cases the T-cell expansion was composed of either CD3+/CD8+ or CD3+/CD4-/CD8- cells. The cytotoxic nature of the clonal T-cell expansions in the peripheral blood correlates with the cytotoxic nature of the PTCLs, but their role in the subsequent development of T-cell lymphomas is still unclear. PTCL following CLL should be distinguished from typical Richter syndrome, which it can mimic clinically.
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- Antonio Martinez
- Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Ohmatsu H, Saeki H, Fujita H, Toyoma K, Sugaya M, Asahina A, Masuda S, Hirai H, Watanabe T, Nagawa H, Tamaki K. Mycosis fungoides associated with intestinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Int J Dermatol 2004. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02247.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Martin-Subero JI, Siebert R, Harder L, Gesk S, Schwindt P, Bräuninger A, Willenbrock K, Steinemann D, Tiemann M, Calasanz MJ, Grote W, Ludwig WD, Hansmann ML, Schlegelberger B. Cytogenetic and molecular characterization of a patient with simultaneous B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia and peripheral T-cell lymphoma. Am J Hematol 2001; 68:276-9. [PMID: 11754417 DOI: 10.1002/ajh.1190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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A patient is described who developed a peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) after a 6-year history of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL). The progression of the T-cell disease spreading to pleura and skin terminated the course of the disease. A cytogenetic analysis performed six years after the first onset of the B-CLL showed the presence of two clones, one with trisomy 12 and another with inv(14)(q11q32.1) and trisomy 8. Combined immunophenotyping and fluorescence in situ hybridization demonstrated that only CD19+ cells contained a trisomy 12, whereas CD3+ cells contained a trisomy 8. Analyses of IgH and TCR rearrangements in single micromanipulated B- and T-cells lacked evidence for a clonal relation between B-CLL and PTCL cells. Based on our findings, we discuss the different hypotheses which might explain the development of simultaneous PTCL and B-CLL.
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MESH Headings
- Aged
- Chromosome Inversion
- Clone Cells/immunology
- Clone Cells/metabolism
- Clone Cells/pathology
- Cytogenetic Analysis
- Fatal Outcome
- Humans
- Immunophenotyping
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/etiology
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral/etiology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral/genetics
- Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral/pathology
- Male
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/etiology
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/genetics
- Neoplasms, Second Primary/pathology
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Trisomy
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Hull PR, Saxena A. Mycosis fungoides and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia--composite T-cell and B-cell lymphomas presenting in the skin. Br J Dermatol 2000; 143:439-44. [PMID: 10951162 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03679.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Composite lymphomas involving cutaneous B-cell and T-cell lymphomas are very uncommon. We report here the unique circumstance of a patient with mycosis fungoides (primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma) who later developed chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B-cell lymphoproliferation, B-CLL), which presented in the skin (leukaemia cutis) as a composite lymphoma affecting an earlobe. The presence of both lymphoproliferative disorders was confirmed with immunophenotyping and the finding of both immunoglobulin gene rearrangements and T-cell receptor gene rearrangements in the ear and the same T-cell receptor gene rearrangement in a plaque lesion of mycosis fungoides on the arm.
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- P R Hull
- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 0W8.
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Paolini R, Poletti A, Ramazzina E, Menin C, Santacatterina M, Montagna M, Bonaldi L, Del Mistro A, Zamboni S, D'Andrea E. Co-existence of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma and B hairy cell leukemia. Am J Hematol 2000; 64:197-202. [PMID: 10861816 DOI: 10.1002/1096-8652(200007)64:3<197::aid-ajh10>3.0.co;2-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A primary cutaneous form of peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) and a low grade B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that was classified as a variant of hairy cell leukemia (HCL) were simultaneously diagnosed in a 79-year-old woman by both phenotypic and genotypic analyses. The coexistence of a T- and B-cell lymphoma in the same patient is rare, and, to our knowledge, this particular association has not been previously described. The patient was referred to our Department for evaluation of multiple cutaneous itchy, reddish plaques; laboratory analyses disclosed a lymphocytosis, that presented 6 years earlier. A bone marrow aspirate showed a 50% B-cell interstitial infiltrate, while a skin biopsy surprisingly revealed a PTCL. Clonality of both neoplastic processes was assessed by Southern blot analysis. The indolent clinical course of the cutaneous disease, and the low and stable number of circulating neoplastic T cells supported the diagnosis of a mycosis fungoides (MF)-like PTCL. Possible oncogenic events and/or putative underlying viral infections which could have played a role in the occurrence of B- and T-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphomas in the same patient are discussed.
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- R Paolini
- Divisione di Medicina, Ospedale di Rovigo, Rovigo, Italy
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Manley R, Monteath J, Patton WN. Co-incidental presentation of IgA lambda multiple myeloma and pleural involvement with IgM kappa non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. CLINICAL AND LABORATORY HAEMATOLOGY 1999; 21:61-3. [PMID: 10197266 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2257.1999.00181.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pleural effusions occur in approximately 6% of patients with myeloma. The aetiology is multifactorial and effusions due to pleural myelomatous involvement are rare, occurring in < 1% of cases. We report the case of a 68-year-old lady who presented with IgA myeloma and a concurrent pleural effusion due to a second IgM kappa producing B cell neoplasm. The former responded but the latter was resistant to standard myeloma therapy.
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- R Manley
- Department of Haematology, Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand
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KIKUCHI A, ANZAI H, KOSUGE H, NAKA W, NISHIKAWA T. Aggressive B-cell lymphoma induced by Epstein-Barr virus infection in erythrodermic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Br J Dermatol 1997. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb08762.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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