Erythrodermic CTCL: a case study of treatment with extracorporeal photopheresis.
Erythrodermic cutaneous t-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is an aggressive variant of CTCL with multiple skin manifestations and symptoms. A brief overview of CTCL and a case study of one patient with erythrodermic CTCL who underwent successful treatment in a research protocol with extracorporeal photopheresis and UVADEX are presented. Nursing care, critical for patients with erythrodermic CTCL, is also described.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D016410:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D017893:Photopheresis / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*