Lymphomatoid papulosis occurring in a renal transplant patient.

Prior to 1976,60 cases were reported in which the clinical picture resembled pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta or pityriasis lichenoides chronica, and the histological picture was suggestive of lymphoma.1In 1966, Verallo and Haserick2first reported the association of two cases of Mucha-Habermann's disease that had a histological picture suggesting lymphoma cutis.2The term "lymphomatoid papulosis" was first used by Macaulay in 1968 to describe this paradox.3More recently, three additional cases have been reported associated with an erythroderma,4and parapsoriasis en plaque.4,5Lymphomatoid papulosis has been reported in association with amoebic dysentery, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, subacute glomerulonephritis, pulmonary tuberculosis, hypothyroidism, pernicious anemia, iron deficiency anemia and rheumatoid arthritis, recurrent tonsillitis, and rheumatoid arthritis.1We report the first known case of lymphomatoid papulosis in an immune-suppressed renal transplant recipient. Report of a Case A 51-year-old man was seen in January 1971, and the diagnosis