Mycosis fungoides variants—clinicopathologic features, differential diagnosis, and treatment

CUTANEOUS LYMPHOMA

Mycosis fungoides variants—clinicopathologic features, differential diagnosis, and treatment

Mar
2018
Vol. 37. No. 1
Rein Willemze
Mycosis fungoides (MF) is the most common type of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, which typically presents with erythematous patches and plaques, histopathologically characterized by superficial infiltrates of small to mediumsized atypical epidermotropic T cells. Apart from this classic type of MF, many clinical and/or histopathologic variants have been described. Correct diagnosis of these MF variants is important, but may be difficult, because they may mimic a wide variety of inflammatory skin diseases. In this review, clinical and histopathologic characteristics of distinct variants of MF are presented, and their differential diagnosis and therapeutic options are discussed.
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