Abstract
Neutrophil-rich CD30+ anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) is a rare pathological
entity without distinct clinical behavior. Twelve cases of neutrophil-rich CD30+ anaplastic
large-cell lymphoma (ALCL) have been reported, three of them were HIV-infected patients.
All these reports stressed the presence of neutrophil infiltration as a new morphologic
feature of CD30+ ALCL. Only one case of cutaneous involvement presented with microabscess
formation. We describe a case of neutrophil-rich CD30+ ALCL in an AIDS patient with
a clinical picture determined by the massive neutrophil infiltration of the tumor
without necrosis nor local infection, but with the formation of abscesses.
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© 2003 The British Infection Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
