LymphomatoÃd Papulosis

LymphomatoÃd Papulosis

Lymphomatoid papulosis (LyP) is a chronic papulonecrotic or papulonodular skin disease with histologic features suggestive of a malignant lymphoma. The disease is characterized by recurrent crops of pruritic papules at different stages of development that predominantly arise on the trunk and limbs. The papules heal spontaneously over 1-2 months, usually leaving slightly depressed oval scars. The term lymphomatoid papulosis originally was used by Macaulay  in 1968 to describe "a self-healing rhythmical paradoxical eruption, histologically malignant but clinically benign.  Due to the typical waxing and waning clinical course, lymphomatoid papulosis was previously considered a pseuodolymphomatous inflammatory process


Last Updated on: Nov 27, 2024

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