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Atopic Dermatitis Increases the Risk for Lymphoma


 

Key clinical point: Patients with atopic dermatitis (AD) have a significantly increased risk of developing lymphoma.

Major finding: Patients with AD vs control individuals showed a significantly increased likelihood of developing noncutaneous T-cell lymphoma (odds ratio [OR] 2.52; 95% CI 1.37-4.62), with similar outcomes for the peripheral T-cell lymphoma subtype (OR 4.00; 95% CI 1.50-10.66).

Study details: Findings are from a nested case-control study including 6425 adult patients with AD and 25,700 matched control individuals without AD from electronic health records.

Disclosures: This study did not receive any funding. Benjamin Ungar reported being an employee of Mount Sinai and receiving research funds from and serving as a consultant for various organizations.

Source: Powers CM, Piontkowski AJ, Orloff J, et al. Risk of lymphoma in patients with atopic dermatitis: A case-control study in the All of Us database. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 (Apr 4). doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2024.03.038 Source

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