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Mycosis fungoides, also known as Alibert-Bazin syndrome or granuloma fungoides, [1] is the most common form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. It generally affects the skin, but may progress internally over time.
Fungal infection, also known as mycosis, is a disease caused by fungi. [ 5 ] [ 13 ] Different types are traditionally divided according to the part of the body affected; superficial, subcutaneous , and systemic.
Pagetoid reticulosis is a very slow progressive variant of mycosis fungoides and is usually localized unlike the latter. [4] Treatment
The premycotic phase is a phase of mycosis fungoides in which a patient has areas of red, scaly, itchy skin on areas of the body that are usually not exposed to sun. This is early-phase mycosis fungoides, but it is hard to diagnose the rash as mycosis fungoides during this phase. The premycotic phase may last from months to decades.
Blastomycosis is considered an “endemic mycosis” — a type of fungal disease that only occurs in a particular geographic area. While it’s well known in areas around the Great Lakes, ...
Hodgkin disease, chronic leukimia, lung cancer, polycythemia vera, T-cell lymphoma, mycosia fungoides Hepatotoxicity (rare) [18] Melphalan: IV, PO: Alkylates DNA. Malignant melanoma of the extremities, multiple myeloma, conditioning treatment before haemopoietic stem cell transplant.
pcALCL is the second most common lymphoma [16] in the category of Cutaneous T cell lymphoma cutaneous T cell lymphomas [24] that includes lymphomatoid papulosis, various borderline CD30-positive cutaneous T cell lymphomas, [9] and mycosis fungoides. [16] The median age at diagnosis for pcALC is 61 years.
This statement should be added under “Diagnosis” on the Mycosis fungoides wiki page: Childhood Mycosis fungoides (MF) makes up 0.5% to 7.0% of cases [20]. Although data on childhood MF is limited, a 2021 systematic review observed that there is a significant delay in the diagnosis of childhood MF which may negatively affect a child’s ...