Coexisting mycosis fungoides and Hodgkin's disease as a composite lymphoma: a case report.
10.3349/ymj.1991.32.4.362
- Author:
Chan Shin PARK
1
;
Hyun Cheol CHUNG
;
Ho Young LIM
;
Dong Lip KIM
;
Eun Hee KOH
;
Joo Hang KIM
;
Jae Kyeong ROH
;
Soo Il CHUN
;
Woo Ik YANG
;
Gwi Eon KIM
;
Byung Soo KIM
Author Information
1. Dapartment of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report ; Review
- Keywords:
Mycosis fungoides;
Hodgkin's disease;
composite lymphoma
- MeSH:
Adult;
Case Report;
Hodgkin Disease/*pathology;
Human;
Male;
Mycosis Fungoides/*pathology;
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/*pathology;
Skin Neoplasms/*pathology
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1991;32(4):362-369
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Within the past few years, an increasing number of reports of Hodgkin's disease following the diagnosis of, and frequently coexisting with, mycosis fungoides have appeared. Previously, Hodgkin's disease found in the lymph nodes of the patient diagnosed as mycosis fungoides was considered as a transformed form of the mycosis fungoides. But, now it has been proven that Hodgkin's disease and mycosis fungoides are histologically and immunohistochemically distinct disease entities. We report a well-documented case of a man who developed Hodgkin's disease and mycosis fungoides simultaneously as a composite lymphoma. Our case emphasizes the importance of considering the diagnosis of another lymphoma in patients with mycosis fungoides who have lymphadenopathy. The cutaneous mycosis fungoides and the Hodgkin's disease should be treated as an independent disease.
