Invisible Mycosis Fungoides: Not to be Missed in Chronic Pruritus

INTRODUCTION: Pruritus without visible dermatoses may be the first manifestation of hematological malignancies such as Hodgkin disease, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and mycosis fungoides (MF) and may precede the definitive diagnosis by weeks to years. CASE REPORT: We present a case of ‘invisible’ MF...

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Autores principales: Deen, Kristyn, O’Brien, Blake, Wu, Jason
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Healthcare 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26309188
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13555-015-0083-4
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description INTRODUCTION: Pruritus without visible dermatoses may be the first manifestation of hematological malignancies such as Hodgkin disease, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and mycosis fungoides (MF) and may precede the definitive diagnosis by weeks to years. CASE REPORT: We present a case of ‘invisible’ MF associated with chronic generalized pruritus in an elderly patient. CONCLUSION: Our case highlights the importance of performing skin biopsies in patients with chronic unexplained pruritus, especially in the absence of cutaneous lesions. This can prompt the clinician to consider possible underlying malignancy, such as ‘invisible’ MF. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13555-015-0083-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-45806562015-09-25 Invisible Mycosis Fungoides: Not to be Missed in Chronic Pruritus Deen, Kristyn O’Brien, Blake Wu, Jason Dermatol Ther (Heidelb) Case Report INTRODUCTION: Pruritus without visible dermatoses may be the first manifestation of hematological malignancies such as Hodgkin disease, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and mycosis fungoides (MF) and may precede the definitive diagnosis by weeks to years. CASE REPORT: We present a case of ‘invisible’ MF associated with chronic generalized pruritus in an elderly patient. CONCLUSION: Our case highlights the importance of performing skin biopsies in patients with chronic unexplained pruritus, especially in the absence of cutaneous lesions. This can prompt the clinician to consider possible underlying malignancy, such as ‘invisible’ MF. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s13555-015-0083-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer Healthcare 2015-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4580656/ /pubmed/26309188 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13555-015-0083-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2015 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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title_short Invisible Mycosis Fungoides: Not to be Missed in Chronic Pruritus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580656/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26309188
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