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14 March 2026 : Case report  USA

A 43-Year-Old Man With Isolated Cutaneous Lymphomatoid Granulomatosis Presenting as a Chronic Necrotizing Ulcer of the Upper Arm

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)

Adebola Oluwabusayo Adetiloye ORCID logo EF 1*, Anim Asif ORCID logo E 1, Olurotimi J. Badero ORCID logo EF 2, Tan Zimri E 1, Nadine C. Brissett-Williams E 1

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.951661

Am J Case Rep 2026; 27:e951661

Figure 3 Histopathologic findings of the right upper extremity wound biopsy.Hematoxylin and eosin staining at original magnification ×10 demonstrates lymphocytic vasculitis with transmural infiltration of the vessel wall (A), with similar findings confirmed at ×20 magnification (B). Immunohistochemical staining for cluster of differentiation 3 (CD3) at ×10 magnification highlights a background population of reactive T lymphocytes characteristic of lymphomatoid granulomatosis (C). Immunohistochemical staining for CD20 at ×20 magnification demonstrates neoplastic B lymphocytes infiltrating and destroying the vascular walls (D). Immunohistochemical staining for CD30 at ×20 magnification highlights tumor cells within vessel walls (E). Paired box gene 5 immunohistochemical staining at ×40 magnification confirms B-cell lineage of the neoplastic cells (F). Epstein-Barr virus–encoded RNA in situ hybridization at ×40 (G) and ×60 (H) magnification demonstrates strong positivity within the tumor cells, supporting a diagnosis of Epstein-Barr virus–associated lymphomatoid granulomatosis, grade 3.

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923