Open AccessCurrent approaches to diagnostics of mycosis fungoides
Author(s) -
Ekaterina V. Brattseva,
С В Ротанов,
E V Bratseva,
С В Ротанов
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
vestnik dermatologii i venerologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-6294
pISSN - 0042-4609
DOI - 10.25208/vdv773
Subject(s) - mycosis fungoides , dermatology , medicine , biopsy , skin biopsy , disease , pathology , lymphoma
The authors describe strong and weak sides of current methods for diagnostics of mycosis fungoides.Diagnostics of mycosis fungoides is mainly based on the clinical presentation of this disease, which is a significant problem fora dermatovenerologist, especially at early stages of the disease when rashes are of different types. Laboratory methods used toconfirm the diagnosis are microscopic examination and immunophenotypic analysis of skin biopsy samples from the affectedregion as well as determination of clonality of T-lymphocytes in the skin using the PCR method.