title: Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of mycosis fungoides presenting as an ulcerating breast mass.
abstract: A patient with previously diagnosed Hodgkin's disease presented with ulcerating lesions on her scalp and breast. Fine-needle aspiration of the breast lesion revealed convoluted cells consistent with mycosis fungoides. Review of the patient's previously obtained lymph node biopsy specimens revealed a diagnosis of mycosis fungoides rather than Hodgkin's disease. Better communication between hospitals, pathologists, and clinicians may have prevented the erroneous original diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease in this patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7750.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*