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Mycosis fungoides masquerading as cutaneous lupus erythematosus and associated with antiphospholipid syndrome
Author(s) -
Veysey E. C.,
Wilkinson J. D.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02546.x
Subject(s) - mycosis fungoides , medicine , lupus anticoagulant , systemic lupus erythematosus , dermatology , antiphospholipid syndrome , lupus erythematosus , connective tissue disease , pathology , antibody , immunology , autoimmune disease , lymphoma , disease
Summary We report a case of a 69‐year‐old woman with mycosis fungoides (MF), who presented with clinical and histological features of cutaneous lupus, and for 6 years was treated for this, until repeated biopsies and gene‐rearrangement studies confirmed a diagnosis of MF. In addition, she developed thromboemboli and was found to have lupus anticoagulant antibodies. The possible biological relationship between antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and MF is considered. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of MF masquerading as cutaneous lupus.