Epidemiology and clinical manifestations of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma.
Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) encompasses a constellation of diseases of malignant clonal T lymphocytes that present initially in the skin. Within this disease spectrum, mycosis fungoides, and the Sézary syndrome are best known. Progress in the understanding of the T-cell malignancies now places other clinical entities within this disease classification. The authors review the epidemiology and clinical manifestations of CTCL.
Scin Oncology Program, Boston University Medical Center, Massachusetts, USA.
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D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016410:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides; D011230:Precancerous Conditions; D012751:Sezary Syndrome; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000266:history