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Mycosis fungoides responding to systemic itraconazole
Author(s) -
Cooper SM,
Sheridan A,
Burge S
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2003.00763.x
Subject(s) - mycosis fungoides , itraconazole , medicine , dermatology , antifungal , lymphoma , immunology
Mycosis fungoides is a form of cutaneous lymphoma with a typically indolent course. We describe an unexpected, repeated response to a systemic antifungal agent, itraconazole. The mechanism of action is speculative but itraconazole has marked immunosuppressive activity on T‐lymphocyte proliferation in vitro .