Granulomatous slack skin: a distinct disorder or a variant of mycosis fungoides?

Acta Derm Venereol. 2001 Jan-Feb;81(1):42-4. doi: 10.1080/00015550119980.

Abstract

About 75% of cutaneous lymphomas belong to the group of T-cell lymphomas. Mycosis fungoides is the most common entity in this group. Granulomatous slack skin is a rare form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma closely related to mycosis fungoides. We present here a patient with areas of lax skin for several years who developed a generalized erythroderma with associated immunoactivation and a deterioration in his general condition. This report discusses clinically and histologically the differential diagnoses, namely granulomatous slack skin and granulomatous mycosis fungoides, and suggests that these 2 disorders are only variants in the broad spectrum of a single disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Chlorambucil / administration & dosage
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / diagnosis
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / drug therapy
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / pathology*
  • Male
  • Methylprednisolone / administration & dosage
  • Mycosis Fungoides / diagnosis
  • Mycosis Fungoides / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Chlorambucil
  • Methylprednisolone