Erythrophagocytic Tγ Lymphoma

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To the Editor: In the March 12 issue Kadin et al. described a new T-cell lymphoma characterized by tumor cells bearing Fc receptors for IgG (Tγ cells) that infiltrated the sinuses of the lymph nodes, spleen, and liver.1 The tumor cells also showed erythrophagocytosis, which the authors believed might serve to distinguish this unusual lymphoma from other T-cell lymphomas.However, we have recently observed erythrophagocytosis by tumor cells in the lymph nodes and skin-biopsy specimen of a 51-year-old patient with the Sézary syndrome. Our patient had erythroderma for four years before a diagnosis of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma was made on . . .