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Verrucous presentation in patients with mycosis fungoides
Author(s) -
Schlichte Megan J.,
Talpur Rakhshandra,
Venkatarajan Sangeetha,
Curry Jonathan L.,
Nagarajan Priyadharsini,
Duvic Madeleine
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/ijd.13082
Subject(s) - mycosis fungoides , medicine , dermatology , presentation (obstetrics) , mycosis , pathology , surgery , lymphoma
Mycosis fungoides is a potentially fatal skin condition whose variable clinical appearance may mimic a variety of benign, inflammatory dermatoses, making it a diagnostic challenge. Three patients with mycosis fungoides, treated with multiple approved topical and systemic therapies, presented with acquired verrucous lesions on the extremities. The verrucous presentation of mycosis fungoides is one of the many atypical forms of the disease, with a paucity of documented cases in the medical literature. Although rare, verrucous and hyperkeratotic lesions in mycosis fungoides may increase the risk of considerable diagnostic delay if clinicians do not maintain a high degree of suspicion in cases of acquired verrucous lesions in the appropriate clinical setting.