Perplexing Rash: Challenges to Diagnosis and Management of Mycosis Fungoides
| Autor: | Hamish S. Patel, Elizabeth Bailey, Jeffrey Cashman, Jonathan A. Aun, Kinal K. Patel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Complementary and Manual Therapy
Light therapy Male medicine.medical_specialty Skin Neoplasms medicine.medical_treatment Diagnostic modalities 030207 dermatology & venereal diseases 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Mycosis Fungoides Medicine Humans Stage (cooking) Aged Mycosis fungoides business.industry Exanthema Phototherapy medicine.disease Rash Dermatology Lymphoma Complementary and alternative medicine Treatment modality 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association. 118(7) |
| ISSN: | 1945-1997 |
| Popis: | Mycosis fungoides is the most ubiquitous form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. Diagnosis is arduous, as early phases often resemble common inflammatory dermatoses. The principal histologic features of MF include medium to large-sized cerebriform mononuclear cells in single or small clusters in the epidermis. Treatment modalities are prodigious and relapses are common. The authors present a case of a 69-year-old man with mycosis fungoides, followed by a review of diagnostic modalities and phototherapeutic interventions for patients with this condition. According to literature reports, monochromatic excimer light therapy is the most advantageous and well-tolerated phototherapy modality for patients with early patch stage mycosis fungoides. |
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