mycosis fungoides/potassium

A 43-year-old man with tumour stage mycosis fungoides developed multiple follicular pustules on the trunk during total-skin electron beam therapy. A potassium hydroxide preparation of the contents of the pustules revealed the presence of Demodex mites. The patient was treated with 6% sulphur lotion

In four patients with long-standing chronic dermatitis, evolution into cutaneous T-cell lymphoma was observed. Two patients were men and two were women; they were aged forty-nine to sixty-five years at first presentation. Duration of dermatitis at admission was from two months to fifteen years, with

Case 1: A 17-year-old white man was referred for evaluation of biopsy-proven patch-stage mycosis fungoides (MF) that had first appeared 5 years previously. Asymptomatic "bruises" had appeared under his football padding in a waistband distribution, and these lesions improved during each

BACKGROUND Mycosis fungoides (MF) and the Sézary syndrome (SS) are non-Hodgkin's lymphomas that present with cutaneous lesions. Sézary syndrome is characterized by blood involvement, exfoliative eryrthroderma, lymphadenopathy, pruritus, keratoderma, and immunosuppression. This study was to estimate