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Tumour progression in a patient with granulomatous mycosis fungoides
Author(s) -
PAPADAVID E.,
YU R.C.,
BUNKER C.,
SCOONES D.,
CHU A.C.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1996.87805.x
Subject(s) - mycosis fungoides , granulomatous inflammation , medicine , lymphoma , dermatology , pathology , mycosis , cutaneous t cell lymphoma , peripheral t cell lymphoma , granuloma , granulomatous disease , disease , immunology , t cell , immune system
Summary We report a patient with granulomatous mycosis fungoides whose disease transformed into a high grade blast lymphoma with egocentric features within 12 months of the initial diagnosis. This repudiates previous claims that granulomatous inflammation is protective in cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma.