Immunoblastic sarcoma with leukemic blood picture in the terminal stage of mycosis fungoides.
A 76 year old man with mycosis fungoides developed an immunoblastic sarcoma and a leukemic blood picture in the final tumor stage after 6 years, in which the disease had clinically progressed in a typical manner. The results of histological and cytochemical studies of autopsy material are presented. Based on these findings and evidence of the T cell nature of mycosis fungoides, the immunoblastic sarcoma observed in the terminal stage of this case of mycosis fungoides might be of the rare T cell type.
D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000368:Aged; D004950:Esterases / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides / Q000097:blood / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
D004950:Esterases; D000135:Acid Phosphatase