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Requena, L; El-Shabrawi-Caelen, L; Walsh, SN; Segura, S; Ziemer, M; Hurt, MA; Sangueza, OP; Kutzner, H.
Intralymphatic histiocytosis. A clinicopathologic study of 16 cases.
Am J Dermatopathol. 2009; 31(2):140-151
Doi: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181986cc2
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- Intralymphatic histiocytosis is a rare condition characterized by the presence of dilated lymphatic vessels containing aggregates of mononuclear histiocytes (macrophages) within their lumina. The phenomenon seems to occur almost exclusively within the reticular dermis. Although its pathogenesis remains uncertain, there has been speculation about the possible relationship between intralymphatic histiocytosis and intravascular reactive angioendotheliomatosis. In addition, several examples historically have been associated with rheumatoid arthritis. We describe our experience with 16 cases of intralymphatic histiocytosis. Clinically, the lesions were located predominantly on the upper and lower limbs, and they consisted of asymptomatic and poorly demarcated erythematous plaques and livedo reticularis-like lesions. They were characterized histopathologically by dilated vascular structures involving the reticular dermis. Some of these dilated vessels had empty lumina, whereas others contained variable number of mononuclear histiocytes. An inflammatory response of variable intensity from case to case was also present in the adjacent dermis. The dilated vessels exhibited thin walls with irregular shapes, and a single discontinuous layer of flat endothelial cells lined their lumina. Immunohistochemically, the endothelial cells lining the dilated lumina expressed immunoreactivity for CD31, CD34, podoplanin, D2-40, Lyve-1, and Prox-1, which confirmed their nature as lymphatic endothelial cells. Intralymphatic mononuclear histiocytes expressed CD68 (PGM1), although some cases also had variable immunoexpression for myeloperoxidase, CD31, and podoplanin. In the 4 cases that employed double immunohistochemistry, with podoplanin + CD68 (PGM1) or with Lyve-1 + CD68 (PGM1), each marker highlighted their specific target cells unequivocally; the endothelial cells expressed podoplanin or Lyve-1 immunoreactivity, and intralymphatic histiocytes showed CD68 (PGM1) immunoexpression. Our findings expand on the previously described morphologic and immunohistochemical features of intravascular histiocytosis. We also discuss the possible relationship between intralymphatic histiocytosis and the so-called reactive intravascular angioendotheliomatosis.
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- Hemangioendothelioma - pathology
- Histiocytes - metabolism Histiocytes - pathology
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- intralymphatic histiocytosis
- intralymphatic macrophages
- reactive intravascular angioendotheliomatosis
- intravascular lymphoma
- lymphatic endothelial cell markers
- immunohistochemistry
- rheumatoid arthritis
- breast carcinoma
- joint prosthesis inflammatory reaction
- CD31
- CD34
- D2-40
- podoplanin
- Lyve-1
- Prox-1
- CD68