Table 1.

Relative frequency and prognosis of primary cutaneous T-cell lymphomas included in the 2018 update of the WHO-EORTC classification

WHO-EORTC Classification 2018Frequency, %5-y DSS, %
CTCL   
 MF 39 88 
 MF variants   
  Folliculotropic MF 75 
  Pagetoid reticulosis <1 100 
  Granulomatous slack skin <1 100 
 Sz 36 
 Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma <1 NDA 
 Primary cutaneous CD30+ LPDs   
  C-ALCL 95 
  LyP 12 99 
 Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma 87 
 Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type <1 16 
 Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection <1 NDA 
 Primary cutaneous peripheral T-cell lymphoma, rare subtypes   
  Primary cutaneous γ/δ T-cell lymphoma <1 11 
  CD8+ AECyTCL (provisional) <1 31 
  Primary cutaneous CD4+ small/medium T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder (provisional) 100 
  Primary cutaneous acral CD8+ T-cell lymphoma (provisional) <1 100 
 Primary cutaneous peripheral T-cell lymphoma, NOS 15 
WHO-EORTC Classification 2018Frequency, %5-y DSS, %
CTCL   
 MF 39 88 
 MF variants   
  Folliculotropic MF 75 
  Pagetoid reticulosis <1 100 
  Granulomatous slack skin <1 100 
 Sz 36 
 Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma <1 NDA 
 Primary cutaneous CD30+ LPDs   
  C-ALCL 95 
  LyP 12 99 
 Subcutaneous panniculitis-like T-cell lymphoma 87 
 Extranodal NK/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type <1 16 
 Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection <1 NDA 
 Primary cutaneous peripheral T-cell lymphoma, rare subtypes   
  Primary cutaneous γ/δ T-cell lymphoma <1 11 
  CD8+ AECyTCL (provisional) <1 31 
  Primary cutaneous CD4+ small/medium T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder (provisional) 100 
  Primary cutaneous acral CD8+ T-cell lymphoma (provisional) <1 100 
 Primary cutaneous peripheral T-cell lymphoma, NOS 15 

Modified from reference 1.

MF, mycosis fungoides; Sz, Sézary syndrome; CD30+ LPDs, CD30+ lymphoproliferative diseases, C-ALCL, cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma; LyP, Lymphomatoid papulosis; CD8+ AECyTCL, primary cutaneous aggressive epidermotropic CD8+ cytotoxic T-cell lymphoma; DSS, disease-specific survival; NDA, no data available; NOS, not otherwise specified.