Chinese Journal of Dermatology ›› 2024, e20230118.doi: 10.35541/cjd.20230118

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Clinicopathological analysis of four cases of primary cutaneous CD30-positive lymphoproliferative disorders with DUSP22 rearrangement exhibiting a biphasic histological pattern

Tian Cuicui1, Zhang Ying2, Sun Jianfang2, Gan Lu3, Li Yu4, Chen Hao2   

  1. 1Hospital for Skin Diseases, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing 210042, China; 2Department of Pathology, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing 210042, China; 3Department of Sexually Transmitted Disease, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Nanjing 210042, China; 4Department of Pathology, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, Chongqing 400030, China
  • Received:2023-03-03 Revised:2024-09-14 Online:2024-01-29 Published:2024-10-30
  • Contact: Gan Lu; Li Yu; Chen Hao E-mail:467091016@qq.com; liyu100@cqu.edu.cn; ch76ch@163.com
  • Supported by:
    Nanjing Incubation Program for National Clinical Research Center (2019060001); Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20220214)

Abstract: 【Abstract】 To report four cases of primary cutaneous CD30+ lymphoproliferative disorders (pcCD30+LPDs) with DUSP22 rearrangement exhibiting a biphasic histological pattern. The clinicopathological features of pcCD30+LPD patients were analyzed. Four patients visited the Hospital of Dermatology of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences from 2018 to 2022 for treatment or consultation, including 3 female patients and 1 male patient, aged 51 to 73 years, with skin lesions manifesting as papules or nodules. Solitary lesions were found in 2 patients, and multiple lesions were observed in the other 2 patients. The affected sites were the forehead, lower jaw, forearms, neck and limbs. Histopathological examination revealed a biphasic pattern characterized by a diffuse infiltration of lymphocytes in both the dermis and epidermis. Pautrier-like microabscesses were observed in 1 case. There was no obvious inflammatory background in the dermis. An immunohistochemical study revealed a biphasic pattern of CD30 expression, with strong diffusion in dermal tumor cells, but weaker staining in the epidermal counterpart. CD3+CD4-CD8- phenotype T cells were found in 3 patients, and the remaining patient had a CD3+CD4+CD8+ phenotype. All cases had a high proliferative rate (70% - 90%) by Ki-67 staining. The cytotoxic marker, B cell markers and anaplastic lymphoma kinase were uniformly absent. Fluorescence in situ hybridization assay for the DUSP22-IRF4 locus on 6p25.3 showed a split signal in all patients. By observation, local resection, radiotherapy, or systemic drug therapy, the lesions all subsided in the 4 patients.

Key words: Lymphoma, T-cell, cutaneous, Lymphoma, primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell, Lymphomatoid papulosis, CD30 positive lymphoproliferative disorders