A case report and literature review: subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma with liver failure as the main manifestation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Subcutaneous lipofuscinosis-like T-cell lymphoma (SPTCL) is a rare cutaneous lymphoma that often presents as recurrent subcutaneous nodules and may progress to hemophagocytic syndrome with fever and hepatic impairment in some patients. However, no cases of progression to hepatic failure have been reported. Here, we present a case of an adult diagnosed with fever and liver failure as the main manifestation, which was eventually confirmed as SPTCL by skin biopsy, but the patient eventually died due to disease progression.

Case description

This study retrospectively reports a rare case of SPTCL in a 34-year-old female patient who was admitted with scleral jaundice for 1 month and fever for 20 days. Examination revealed multiple small subcutaneous nodules on the skin

SUBMITTER: He S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9843430 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature