Clinical case of the month. A young man with a persistent skin eruption. Mycosis fungoides.
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.
Kendrick
Christina G
CG
Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA.
Gerdes
Michelle S
MS
Lopez
Fred A
FA
McBurney
Elizabeth I
EI
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*