title: Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma presenting as a ten month history of unilateral facial swelling.
abstract: A 25-year-old fisherman presented with a ten-month history of unilateral facial swelling involving his lower lip and eyelids. The differential diagnosis for oro-facial swelling is extensive including congenital, infective, inflammatory and neoplastic processes. Biopsies revealed a cutaneous T cell lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin. aoife@aoifecotter.com
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cotter
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Treacy
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: O'Keane
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mulligan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lambert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005145:Face; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000503:physiopathology; D016410:Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors