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Cutaneous Marginal zone lymphoma

Author: Girish Venkataraman, MD, MBBS, 09/05/2017
Category: Lymphoma: Mature B-cell and Plasma cell Neoplasms > Low-grade B-cell lymphoma > Extranodal Marginal Zone Lymphoma of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT lymphoma)
Published Date: 09/06/2017

This is a case of cutaneous marginal zone lymphoma with extensive plasmacytic differentiation. The presence of numerous light chain restricted plasmacytic cells allows inference of clonality and hence PCR studies for documenting clonality at the genetic level is not necessary in such cases.