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Issue: Vol.16 No.1 - January 2022
Unilesional mycosis fungoides: a case report and review of literature
Authors:
Wasim Selimul Haque
Wasim Selimul Haque
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Department of Histopathology and Cytopathology, Jaber Al-Ahmed Armed Forces Hospital, Subhan Cantonment, Kuwait

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Shakibul Alam
Shakibul Alam
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Department of Dermatology, Jaber Al-Ahmed Armed Forces Hospital, Subhan Cantonment, Kuwait

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Humayun Kabir
Humayun Kabir
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Department of Dermatology, Jaber Al-Ahmed Armed Forces Hospital, Subhan Cantonment, Kuwait

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Al-Amin Chowdhury
Al-Amin Chowdhury
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Department of Surgery, Jaber Al-Ahmed Armed Forces Hospital, Subhan Cantonment, Kuwait

Mycosis fungoides (MF) is the commonest primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). Classically MF is presented clinically as multilesional disease but occurrence of solitary lesion, though quite rare, is on the record. This rare variant of MF is clinically and histopathologically indistinguishable from classic MF. Due to the rarity of the presentation the clinician may miss the diagnosis and the pathologist may also be in diagnostic dilemma specially if not clinically oriented. Here we describe a case of unilesional/solitary MF (UMF) in a 59 years old male who was initially clinically diagnosed as inflammatory dermatosis and was treated accordingly without any appreciable clinical response for over 4 years. Unresponsiveness to empirical treatment led to biopsy which finally proved it to be UMF. The clinical, light microscopic and immunohistochemical features of UMF are briefly reviewed to create awareness among the clinicians and pathologists about this rare variant of MF.

IMC J Med Sci 2022; 16(1): 006. DOI: https://doi.org/10.55010/imcjms.16.009

*Correspondence: Wasim Selimul Haque, Head, Department of Histopathology and Cytopathology, Jaber Al-Ahmed Armed Forces Hospital, Kuwait Armed, Forces, Subhan Cantonment, Kuwait. Email: [email protected]