title: Verrucous presentation in patients with mycosis fungoides.
abstract: Mycosis fungoides is a potentially fatal skin condition whose variable clinical appearance may mimic a variety of benign, inflammatory dermatoses, making it a diagnostic challenge. Three patients with mycosis fungoides, treated with multiple approved topical and systemic therapies, presented with acquired verrucous lesions on the extremities. The verrucous presentation of mycosis fungoides is one of the many atypical forms of the disease, with a paucity of documented cases in the medical literature. Although rare, verrucous and hyperkeratotic lesions in mycosis fungoides may increase the risk of considerable diagnostic delay if clinicians do not maintain a high degree of suspicion in cases of acquired verrucous lesions in the appropriate clinical setting.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Megan J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Schlichte
authors.affiliation: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Rakhshandra
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Talpur
authors.affiliation: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.|Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Sangeetha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Venkatarajan
authors.affiliation: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Curry
authors.affiliation: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Priyadharsini
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nagarajan
authors.affiliation: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.|Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Madeleine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duvic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014860:Warts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology