BSA: body surface area CT: computed tomography GMF: granulomatous mycosis fungoides MF: mycosis fungoides PET: positron emission tomography INTRODUCTION Mycosis fungoides (MF) is a T-cell lymphoma that originates in the skin and can spread to lymph nodes and the blood or even visceral organs in later stages of the disease. MF involvement of skeletal muscle, however, is extremely rare, having on...

Mycosis fungoides palmaris et plantaris (MFPP) is a rare variant of mycosis fungoides limited to the palms and soles. Although little is known about the pathogenesis of MFPP, this variant of mycosis fungoides presents a relatively good prognosis. In this report, we describe an 85-year-old Japanese man with MFPP. Immunohistochemical staining revealed the dense deposition of periostin in the canc...

Mycosis fungoides is the most common type of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. There are a wide range of treatments for early-stage and advanced-stage mycosis fungoides. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has emerged as a new treatment modality due to its safety and efficacy. The aim of this study was to investigate the safety and efficacy of PDT with methyl-aminolaevulinic acid (MAL) for the treatment of myc...

INTRODUCTION Rhinocerebral mycosis is a rapidly progressive fatal opportunistic infection, predominantly affecting people in an immunocompromised state. Aggressive surgical therapy, with repeated debridement in combination with intravenous amphotericin B can lead to a high rate of cure. AIM To determine the predictors of mortality in rhinocerebral mycosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The demograp...

A patient with advanced mycosis fungoides developed neurologic and respiratory symptoms and signs following multiple courses of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Various repeated diagnostic procedures--including cranial computerized tomography and fiberoptic bronchoscopy with transbronchial lung biopsy--failed to demonstrate an unusual involvement of the brain and lungs by mycosis fungoides. Radio...

conclusions patients who regularly use the local saunas had poor personal hygiene and greasy skin, and were more suspected to tinea versicolor infection. results the disease was more prevalent in 21-40 years old age group in both genders. the most infected anatomical regions were posterior surface, the body trunk (shoulder, supra scapula and lumbar region), anterior thorax and abdomen, respecti...

BACKGROUND PUVA photochemotherapy is indicated to treat mycosis fungoides, either as monotherapy in the earlier stages of the disease or in combination with other drugs in more advanced stages of evolution. OBJECTIVES – To evaluate PUVA photochemotherapy response in patients with mycosis fungoides. METHODS From January 1996 to November 2003, 17 patients with a diagnosis of mycosis fungoides wer...