Lymphoma in a black patient with actinic reticuloid treated with PUVA: possible etiologic considerations

R Ashinoff; M R Buchness; H W Lim

doi:10.1016/s0190-9622(89)70315-7

Lymphoma in a black patient with actinic reticuloid treated with PUVA: possible etiologic considerations

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1989 Nov;21(5 Pt 2):1134-7. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(89)70315-7.

Authors

R Ashinoff¹, M R Buchness, H W Lim

Affiliation

¹ Dermatology Service, New York Veterans Administration Medical Center, New York, NY 10010.

PMID: 2808846
DOI: 10.1016/s0190-9622(89)70315-7

Abstract

A 47-year-old black man with a chronic photocontact dermatitis that evolved into actinic reticuloid was treated with systemically administered PUVA for 15 months. Subsequently an isolated nodule of non-mycosis fungoides T cell lymphoma developed. The use of PUVA may have predisposed this patient to the development of a frank malignancy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Humans
Lymphoma / chemically induced*
Male
Middle Aged
PUVA Therapy / adverse effects*
Photosensitivity Disorders / drug therapy*
Skin Neoplasms / chemically induced*
T-Lymphocytes