title: Clinical case of the month. A young man with a persistent skin eruption. Mycosis fungoides.
abstract: There are many types of skin disease that fit into the classification of cutaneous lymphoma, but mycosis fungoides is by far the most common of this group. It is a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of T-cell origin that presents in the skin. Mycosis fungoides often evolves for years without a specific diagnosis because it can present as an eczematous or psoriasiform eruption. Patients identified in the early stages and treated appropriately have a normal life expectancy.
authors.affiliation: Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
authors.forename: Christina G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Kendrick
authors.forename: Michelle S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gerdes
authors.forename: Fred A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: Elizabeth I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: McBurney
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*