Lymphoma in a black patient with actinic reticuloid treated with PUVA: possible etiologic considerations.
A 47-year-old black man with a chronic photocontact dermatitis that evolved into actinic reticuloid was treated with systemically administered PUVA for 15 months. Subsequently an isolated nodule of non-mycosis fungoides T cell lymphoma developed. The use of PUVA may have predisposed this patient to the development of a frank malignancy.
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Dermatology Service, New York Veterans Administration Medical Center, New York, NY 10010.
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D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011701:PUVA Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010787:Photosensitivity Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes