Cho K H, Kim C W, Lee D Y, Sohn S J, Kim D W, Chung J H
Department of Dermatology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Korea.
Br J Dermatol. 1996 Apr;134(4):791-6.
We describe four patients with lymphoproliferative lesions confined to the skin for several years. They presented with recurrent necrotic papulovesicles of the face. Latent Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection was detected in the lymphoid cells from the skin lesions by in situ hybridization. The disease in three patients progressed to T-cell lymphoma. We believe that these patients represent a subset of peripheral T-cell lymphoma with a tendency to localize in the skin.