title: Follicular mucinosis associated with mycosis fungoides.
abstract: We report a patient who developed erythematous indurated plaques with alopecia on the face and multiple well-demarcated infiltrated scaling lesions on the trunk and extremities. Skin biopsy showed a mucinous degeneration of the follicular outer root sheaths and sebaceous glands consistent with the diagnosis of follicular mucinosis. A histologic examination of a specimen from the left forearm showed microscopic changes of mycosis fungoides. The present case confirms the need of multiple skin biopsies in the evaluation of patients with follicular mucinosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Büchner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rufli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D000507:Mucinosis, Follicular; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*