A 78-Year-Old Female with a Diffuse Pruritic Rash and Palmoplantar Desquamation

Gabriel E Molina; Melissa J Danesh; Ruth K Foreman; Daniela Kroshinsky

doi:10.1159/000503745

A 78-Year-Old Female with a Diffuse Pruritic Rash and Palmoplantar Desquamation

Dermatopathology (Basel). 2020 Jan 22;6(4):241-245. doi: 10.1159/000503745. eCollection 2019 Oct-Dec.

Authors

Gabriel E Molina¹, Melissa J Danesh^{2

3}, Ruth K Foreman⁴, Daniela Kroshinsky³

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Harvard Combined Dermatology Residency Program, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Dermatology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Abstract

Mycosis fungoides, the most common cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, is known to exhibit varied clinical presentations and mimic many other dermatoses. This morphological heterogeneity can often lead to initial misdiagnoses resulting in significant delays from symptom onset to diagnosis. We report a case of mycosis fungoides imitating clinical and histopathological features of erythema annulare centrifugum.

Keywords: Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; Erythema annulare centrifugum; Mycosis fungoides.

Publication types

Case Reports