Cutaneous B cell lymphoma

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Cutaneous B-cell lymphomas constitute a group of diseases that occur less commonly than cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, and are characterized histologically by B-cells that appear similar to those normally found in germinal centers of lymph nodes.

Classification

Cutaneous B-cell lymphoma includes the following conditions:

• Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
• Primary cutaneous follicular lymphoma
• Primary cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma
• Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma
• Plasmacytoma
• Plasmacytosis