Kumaran M Mudaliar
Loyola University Chicago, USA
Title: Distinguishing benign cutaneous lymphoid infiltrates from malignant cutaneous lymphomas
Biography
Biography: Kumaran M Mudaliar
Abstract
Assessment of dense lymphoid cutaneous proliferations is often challenging. It can be difficult to distinguish benign cutaneous lymphoid infiltrates from malignant lymphomas, and at times, definite classification as either benign or malignant cannot be reached. One of the challenges lays in needing to have a solid understanding of what constitutes normal benign findings and separating these from malignant pathologic change. Also, in order to exclude malignant lymphomas, a working knowledge of all cutaneous lymphomas is required. In addition, apart from considering the clinical history and the histologic findings, an ability to interpret potential immunohistochemical and gene re-arrangement studies is necessary. This lecture serves as an introduction to cutaneous lymphoid proliferations and will serve to provide an algorithmic approach to assessing such proliferations that will be useful for general pathologists, dermatopathologists, and hematopathologists.