WHAT IS PSEUDOLYMPHOMA AND ITS NATURE

Cutaneous pseudolymhomas are reactive lymphocytic proliferations that appear in the skin and resemble a malignant lymphoma. Many different terms have been used to describe such disordered infiltrates. The accuracy of the diagnosis pseudolymphoma in the past when one relied exclusively on clinical and histological features left a lot to be studied. A big problem for the clinicians is the differential diagnosis between cutaneous pseudolymphoma and malignant cutaneous lymphomas, as well as possibility for transformation of cutaneous pseudolymphoma into malignant lymphomas. Key words: Pseudolymphomas. In 1890 Kaposi for the first time used the term Sarcomatosis cutis to denote benign formation resembling a sarcoma. Later Spiegler&Fend /1, 2, 4 / used the term sarkoid, Biberstein – lymphocytoma cutis, Jessner&Kanof