Mycosis fungoides with verrucous lesions; report of a case.

Abstract

Milian and Périn¹in 1923 described a case of mycosis fungoides with verrucous and hyperkeratotic lesions. Jeanselme and Burnier²in 1926 reported two similar cases and pointed out the scarcity of reports of hyperkeratotic and verrucous lesions in mycosis fungoides. The verrucous lesions in these three cases were covered with large, thick, adherent scales. At times the lesions were dry and fissured, and they sometimes ulcerated with a serous discharge. Other manifestations of mycosis fundoids accompanied the verrucous lesions. In the case reported herein there were exhibited no lesions of mycosis fungoides other than verrucous plaques and nodules confined to the lower extremities. Scaling and clinically evident hyperkeratosis were not present. <h3>REPORT OF CASE</h3> H. K., a white widow aged 63, was first seen in Cleveland City Hospital Dermatology Clinic on March 16, 1950, complaining of unsightly growths of seven years' duration on the lower extremities. The individual