Clinical case of the month. A young man with a persistent skin eruption. Mycosis fungoides.

Autor: Kendrick CG; Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, USA., Gerdes MS, Lopez FA, McBurney EI
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society : official organ of the Louisiana State Medical Society [J La State Med Soc] 2004 Mar-Apr; Vol. 156 (2), pp. 73-7.
Abstrakt: 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.
Databáze: MEDLINE