Abstract

JUNCO BONET, Miguel; BETANCOURT BETANCOURT, Gilberto; MACHADO GARCIA, Jorge Luis  and  LARQUIN COMET, José Ignacio. Mycosis fungoides in tumoral stage: a case report. AMC [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.1, pp. 44-49. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: mycosis fungoides is a malignant neoplasm that originates in the T-cells. It has a chronic course and it is characterized by lesions that can be maculae (erythematous, hypopigmented and hyperpigmented); papulae; plaques; patches, sometimes poikilodermic; nodules or tumors that can ulcerate and get occasionally to erythroderma. Although it is the most common among cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (44 %), it is a rare disease. Objective: to present the clinical case of a patient with the diagnosis of mycosis fungoides. Clinical case: a forty-three-year-old male patient who had presented lesions in the skin for three years. Initially, the lesions were described as nodular. These lesions were distributed at the level of the external genitals, in higher number than two dozens and were erythematous, flat and one to two centimeters in diameter. Some of the lesions were in the axillae, face, scalp and dorsum. Erythematous, scaly plaques were found presenting well-defined edges. Some of the plaques were distributed isolated, while others joined to form bigger plaques. A biopsy of the skin lesions was made and proved positive for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, type mycosis fungoides in tumoral stage. Conclusion: mycosis fungoides is a rare disease, mainly in the initial stage. It can be wrongly diagnosed as contact dermatitis, psoriasis or atopic dermatitis; that is why it is important to take into account the disease to early diagnose it.

Keywords : Pregnancy; Renal Insufficiency; Renal Dialysis; Nephritis, Interstitial; Adult; Case Reports.

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