Rapidly progressive tumor stage mycosis fungoides: A case report from Syria

Abstract

Mycosis Fungoides, the most common type of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCLs), has typically an indolent course over years or decades. Patches grow into infiltrated plaques which may turn eventually into tumors. The tumor stage represents advanced lymphoma, but this occurs in a minority (∼10%) of cases. we present a rare case of mycosis fungoides in a 30-year-old woman showing rapid progression to tumor stage, unlike the indolent clinical course seen classically. Mycosis Fungoides (MF) is the most common primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, representing less than 1% of the total number of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Patients with a classical type of MF progress from patch stage to plaque stage and finally to tumor stage disease, and they have a protracted clinical course over years or even decades. Although mycosis fungoides is a rare disease, it requires a high degree of suspicion clinically. The disease can have an excellent prognosis when identified and treated promptly.