A Severe Case of Lymphomatoid Papulosis Type E Successfully Treated with Interferon-Alfa 2a

Joint Authors

Bilgiç Temel, Aslı
Erdi Şanlı, Hatice
Duygulu, Şeniz
Uzun, S.
Ünal, Betül

Source

Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine

Issue

Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-5, 5 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2017-04-30

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

5

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

Lymphomatoid papulosis (LyP) is a benign papulonodular skin eruption with histologic features of malignant lymphoma.

A new variant of LyP which was termed “type E” was recently described with similar clinical and histological features to angiocentric and angiodestructive T-cell lymphoma.

LyP type E is characterized with recurrent papulonodular lesions which rapidly turn into hemorrhagic necrotic ulcers and spontaneous regression by leaving a scar.

None of the available treatment modalities affects the natural course of LyP.

For therapy various modalities have been used such as topical and systemic steroids, PUVA, methotrexate, bexarotene, and IFN alfa-2b.

Here we present a severe and devastating case with a very rare variant of LyP type E, which is, to our knowledge, the first case successfully treated with IFN alfa-2a.

Now disease has been maintaining its remission status for six months.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Bilgiç Temel, Aslı& Ünal, Betül& Erdi Şanlı, Hatice& Duygulu, Şeniz& Uzun, S.. 2017. A Severe Case of Lymphomatoid Papulosis Type E Successfully Treated with Interferon-Alfa 2a. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)

Bilgiç Temel, Aslı…[et al.]. A Severe Case of Lymphomatoid Papulosis Type E Successfully Treated with Interferon-Alfa 2a. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Bilgiç Temel, Aslı& Ünal, Betül& Erdi Şanlı, Hatice& Duygulu, Şeniz& Uzun, S.. A Severe Case of Lymphomatoid Papulosis Type E Successfully Treated with Interferon-Alfa 2a. Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1144946

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1144946