Cutaneous manifestations of angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma: clinical and pathological characteristics.

Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL), an uncommon variant of peripheral T-cell lymphoma, affects the skin in approximately 50% of cases. Its protean clinical and histopathological cutaneous manifestations pose a challenge in diagnosis, particularly when these precede the diagnosis of AITL on a lymph node biopsy. In this retrospective study, we compared 11 cases of AITL with cutaneous manifestations (mean age 67 years; male:female ratio 1:0.

Malakoplakia of liver: report of two cases.

Malakoplakia is an unusual chronic inflammatory condition characterized by the presence of Michaelis-Gutmann bodies. Patients with malakoplakia often have an immunodeficiency state. It is believed that malakoplakia results from a defective macrophage response to phagocytosed bacteria.