Open AccessHypopigmented mycosis fungoides: Clinical, histological, and immunohistochemical remission induced by narrow-band ultraviolet B
Author(s) -
Kavita Bisherwal,
Archana Singal,
Deepika Pandhi,
Sonal Sharma
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/ijd.ijd_365_16
Subject(s) - mycosis fungoides , medicine , dermatology , immunohistochemistry , ultraviolet a , ultraviolet b , psoralen , pathology , lymphoma , dna , biology , genetics
Mycosis fungoides (MF) is the most common type of primary cutaneous lymphomas. Several clinical variants of MF have been described. Purely, hypopigmented variant of MF (HMF) is rare. Phototherapy, especially photochemotherapy (Psoralen and ultraviolet), is the most widely used method and is recommended as the first-line treatment for HMF. However, there are no standard guidelines for phototherapy as the disease is uncommon. We, hereby, report a 30-year-old woman with HMF in whom clinical, histopathological, and immunohistochemical remission was achieved following narrow-band ultraviolet B therapy.