Eruption of lymphocyte recovery with atypical lymphocytes mimicking a primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: a series of 12 patients

Eruption of lymphocyte recovery (ELR) may occur during bone marrow aplasia after chemotherapies. We reviewed the clinical and pathologic features of 12 patients (male/female: 7/5, median age: 61years) with an atypical ELR histologically mimicking a primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) such as Sézary Syndrome or CD30+ T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder (LPD). All the patients displayed an erythematous maculopapular eruption on the trunk and the limbs, associated with fever. All but one had received a polychemotherapy for an acute myeloid leukemia (n=10) or an urothelial carcinoma (n=1) before the occurrence of the skin eruption.

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