title: Co-existence of various clinical and histopathological features of mycosis fungoides in a young female.
abstract: Mycosis fungoides is the most common type of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) and a rare disorder that typically affects older adults with erythematous scaling patches and plaques. Hypopigmented patches are a rare clinical variant of the disease. Granulomatous mycosis fungoides (GMF) is also a rare type of CTCL. No particular clinical criteria are available for the diagnosis of GMF, because of its variable presentations, and so the detection of GMF is primarily considered as a histopathological diagnosis. Rarely, a co-existence of more than one clinical or histopathological feature of mycosis fungoides may be present. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of MF that shows the simultaneous co-existence of more than one clinical and histopathological variant of MF. We present a 29-year-old female with clinical presentations of both classic and hypopigmented mycosis fungoides (MF), and also the histopathological features of the classic and granulomatous types of the disease.
authors: Department of Dermatology, Skin Disease and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Farahnaz Fatemi
authors: FF
authors: Naeini
authors: Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
authors: Mehrnaz
authors: M
authors: Soghrati
authors: Department of Dermatology, Skin Disease and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Bahareh
authors: B
authors: Abtahi-Naeini
authors: Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Jamshid
authors: J
authors: Najafian
authors: Department of Pathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
authors: Parvin
authors: P
authors: Rajabi
keywords: Co-existence; granulomatous mycosis fungoides; hypopigmented mycosis fungoides; mycosis fungoides