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**Psoriasis
**Psoriasis
**Other benign skin disorders
**Other benign skin disorders
*Patients with advanced disease may be present with cutaneous tumors or nodules or diffuse skin erythema with or without exfoliation .
*Patients with advanced disease may be present with cutaneous tumors or nodules or diffuse skin erythema with or without exfoliation
*Skin lesions in the disease obserevedc in non–sunexposed areas (bathing trunk distribution) and lesions may be hyperpigmented or hypopigmented, or may ulcerate.


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Symptoms of cutaneous T cell lymphoma include:<ref name="seer.cancer">Cutaneous T cell lymphoma. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results . http://seer.cancer.gov/seertools/hemelymph/51f6cf56e3e27c3994bd52f7/ Accessed on January 19, 2016</ref>

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Cutaneous T cell lymphoma Microchapters

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Patient Information

Overview

Classification

Mycosis fungoides
Sezary syndrome

Pathophysiology

HistoryEditor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: , Sowminya Arikapudi, M.B,B.S. [2]

Overview

The most common symptoms of cutaneous T cell lymphoma include fever, weight loss, skin rash, night sweats, itching, chest pain, abdominal pain, and bone pain.[1]

History and Symptoms

History

  • The majority of patients with mycosis fungoides and Sezary syndrome are present with:[2]
    • Skin patches and plaques
    • Eczema
    • Psoriasis
    • Other benign skin disorders
  • Patients with advanced disease may be present with cutaneous tumors or nodules or diffuse skin erythema with or without exfoliation
  • Skin lesions in the disease obserevedc in non–sunexposed areas (bathing trunk distribution) and lesions may be hyperpigmented or hypopigmented, or may ulcerate.

Symptoms of cutaneous T cell lymphoma include:[1]

  • The hallmark of [disease name] is [finding]. A positive history of [finding 1] and [finding 2] is suggestive of [disease name]. The most common symptoms of [disease name] include [symptom 1], [symptom 2], and [symptom 3].
  • Symptoms of [disease name] include [symptom 1], [symptom 2], and [symptom 3]. 

Patients with [disease name]] may have a positive history of:

  • [History finding 1]
  • [History finding 2]
  • [History finding 3]

Common Symptoms

Common symptoms of [disease] include:

  • [Symptom 1]
  • [Symptom 2]
  • [Symptom 3]

Less Common Symptoms

Less common symptoms of [disease name] include

  • [Symptom 1]
  • [Symptom 2]
  • [Symptom 3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cutaneous T cell lymphoma. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results . http://seer.cancer.gov/seertools/hemelymph/51f6cf56e3e27c3994bd52f7/ Accessed on January 19, 2016
  2. Foss, Francine M.; Girardi, Michael (2017). "Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome". Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America. 31 (2): 297–315. doi:10.1016/j.hoc.2016.11.008. ISSN 0889-8588.


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