EMERGENCE OF LEPROSY IN A PATIENT WITH MYCOSIS-FUNGOIDES

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作者
GROSSMAN, D
RAPINI, RP
OSBORNE, B
DUVIC, M
机构
[1] UNIV TEXAS, SCH MED, DEPT DERMATOL, HOUSTON, TX 77030 USA
[2] BAYLOR COLL MED, DEPT DERMATOL, HOUSTON, TX 77030 USA
[3] MD ANDERSON CANC CTR, DEPT MED SPECIALTIES, DERMATOL SECT, HOUSTON, TX USA
[4] MD ANDERSON CANC CTR, DEPT PATHOL, HOUSTON, TX USA
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10.1016/S0190-9622(94)70030-3
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R75 [皮肤病学与性病学];
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100206 ;
摘要
A patient with mycosis fungoides that had progressed to tumor stage responded to chemotherapy and electron beam treatment, but 6 years later a peripheral neuropathy, extensive plaques, erythroderma, and enlarged pinnae containing acid-fast organisms developed while he was being treated with photopheresis. The skin lesions cleared with administration of rifampin and dapsone, but a reversal reaction biopsy specimen showed features of both mycosis fungoides and leprosy. This case raises the question of whether there may be an association between mycosis fungoides and leprosy.
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