Mycosis fungoides and gastric T‑cell lymphoma: A case report

Abstract

Mycosis fungoides (MF) is a cutaneous malignant lymphoma with an extended clinical course. MF presents in series of dermatological manifestations, beginning with patches and plaques of the skin, and eventually evolving into tumours. Often MF can occur for extended periods without worsening of external symptoms, while the disease advances internally in organs such as lymph nodes, liver, spleen, lung, bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract, pancreas and kidney. The present report presents a clinical case in which gastrointestinal symptomatology�o��������a����a���a�t���t������st����matolog� �o��������a����a���a�t���t������st����matolog� ��st����matolog� ical manifestation. Immunohistochemical analysis of the skin, along with small bowel biopsies revealed evidence of gastric T���ll�lymp�oma.�To�t���b�st�o��o���knowl��g�,�t���p��s�nt� st��y�is�t�����st�to���s��ib��s����a��as��in�t���lit��at���.� Case report A 65 years old woman came along to our observation at Dermatology Department in January 2012, presenting a cuta� neous eruption characterized by the occurrence of multiple an���xt�nsiv��inflammato�y���yt��mato�s�pat���s,�slig�tly� scaly. The main diameter of patches ranged, in average, from 2 cm to more than 10 cm and lesions were primarily located

Primary Cutaneous Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma With Gastric Metastasis

“…To our knowledge, only one other case of primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma with gastric metastasis was found in the literature; however, this case depicted mycosis fungoides as the primary lesion [ 10 ]. Therefore, this case is unique in that the patient exhibited metastatic spread of a primarily cutaneous disease to a visceral organ, made even more interesting by the fact that there is a lack of literature identifying the involved organ, the stomach, as a target for disseminated PCALCL.…”