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ArticleCureus2025

Immunophenotypic Shift From CD8 to CD4 With Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinase (ALK)-Negative Anaplastic Large Cell Transformation in Mycosis Fungoides: A Case Report.

Timothy H Chan, Ronald Harris, Jagmohan S Sidhu

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Timothy H ChanMedicine, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, USA.
Ronald HarrisMedical Oncology, United Health Services, Binghamton, USA.
Jagmohan S SidhuPathology and Laboratory Medicine, United Health Services, Binghamton, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycosis fungoides (MF) classically presents with a CD4+/CD8- immunophenotype at the time of diagnosis. MF may extremely rarely present with CD8+/CD4- and, even more rarely, may shift between CD4+ and CD8+ phenotypes. To date, very few phenotypic shifts in MF have been reported, and just two of them were in the CD8+ to CD4+ direction. Our case report describes another instance of CD8+ to CD4+ phenotypic shift of MF, but with associated transformation to anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) - the first documented case of its kind. We hope to spread awareness about such rare phenomena to guide future research.

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alk-negativeanaplastic large cell lymphomacd4cd8cutaneous t cell lymphomalarge cell transformationmycosis fungoidesphenotypic shift

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PMID40166794
PMCPMC11957471

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