A 45-Year-Old With Multiple Skin Lesions on Sun-Protected Areas of the Body

JAMA. 2024 Oct 1;332(13):1103-1104. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.15175.
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Plain language summary

A patient had multiple erythematous macules and patches on the trunk, hyperpigmented patches on the intergluteal cleft and subgluteal fold, and poikiloderma in the axillae; results of laboratory testing, including antinuclear antibody test, were unremarkable. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Axilla
  • Biopsy
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lymph Nodes / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycosis Fungoides* / blood
  • Mycosis Fungoides* / diagnosis
  • Mycosis Fungoides* / drug therapy
  • Mycosis Fungoides* / pathology
  • PUVA Therapy*
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Skin
  • Skin Neoplasms* / blood
  • Skin Neoplasms* / diagnosis
  • Skin Neoplasms* / drug therapy
  • Skin Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Treatment Outcome