Cutaneous eruptions associated with hematologic malignancies: the need for a unifying nomenclature

Abstract

we read with interest the study by Visseaux et al., entitled "T‐cell papulosis associated with B‐cell malignancies: a distinctive clinicopathologic entity". Herein, the authors reviewed retrospectively 37 patients with B‐cell malignancies, mostly B‐cells chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (B‐CLL), showing recurrent episodes of pruritic papules, papulo‐vesicles or nodules. Since the specific association with lymphoproliferative disorders and the lack of eosinophils in some of the histopathologic slides, the authors designated the term "T‐cell papulosis associated with B‐cell malignancies" instead of the so‐called "eosinophilic dermatosis of hematologic malignancies" (EDHM).¹ Moreover, the condition was previously referred to as "insect bite‐like reactions" or "exaggerated delayed hypersensitivity to mosquito bites".

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