Granulomatous mycosis fungoides with small intestinal involvement and a fatal outcome

✍ Scribed by Chen; Tanaka; Miyakawa

• Book ID: 104458650
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 425 KB
• Volume: 138
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-0963
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02138.x

✦ Synopsis

We report a case of granulomatous mycosis fungoides that progressed into fatal gastrointestinal involvement 4 years after the onset of skin lesions, despite improvement of the skin lesions in response to a combination of PUVA and systemic interferon-gamma therapy. Histological examination showed Pautrier's microabscesses with granuloma annulare-like features and sarcoidal granuloma formation in the plaque stage, proliferation of blast-transformed atypical lymphocytes with persistent granuloma formation in the tumour stage, and metastatic lesions. A literature review of granulomatous mycosis fungoides revealed that 11 of the 24 reported cases died of the disease, and like our case, seven died within 5 years. We suggest that mycosis fungoides with granulomatous reactions does not indicate a favourable prognosis.