Thank You Switzerland and Germany! J Am Acad Dermatol. 2015 Jan 21. pii: S0190-9622(14)02274-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2014.12.014. [Epub ahead of print] Cutaneous borreliosis associated with T cell-predominant infiltrates: A diagnostic challenge. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25617014 Abstract BACKGROUND: With the exception of erythema migrans, Borrelia infection of the skin manifests much more commonly with B cell-rich infiltrates. T cell-rich lesions have rarely been described. OBJECTIVE: We report a series of 6 patients with cutaneous borreliosis presenting with T cell-predominant skin infiltrates. METHODS: We studied the clinicopathologic and molecular features of 6 patients with T cell-rich skin infiltrates. RESULTS: Half of the patients had erythematous patchy, partly annular lesions, and the other patients had features of acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans. Histopathology revealed a dense, band-like or diffuse dermal infiltrate. Apart from small, well differentiated lymphocytes, there were medium-sized lymphocytes with slight nuclear atypia and focal epidermotropism. An interstitial histiocytic component was found in 4 cases, including histiocytic pseudorosettes. Fibrosis was present in all cases but varied in severity and distribution. In 5 patients, borrelia DNA was detected in lesional tissue using polymerase chain reaction studies. No monoclonal rearrangement of T-cell receptor gamma genes was found. LIMITATIONS: This retrospective study was limited by the small number of patients. CONCLUSION: In addition to unusual clinical presentation, cutaneous borreliosis can histopathologically manifest with a T cell-rich infiltrate mimicking cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Awareness of this clinicopathologic constellation is important to prevent underrecognition of this rare and unusual presentation representing a Borrelia-associated T-cell pseudolymphoma.
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