Histologic mimickers of mycosis fungoides: A review

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 519-525

  Reddy, Kavitha ^a   Bhawan, Jag ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONIDINE; GEMCITABINE; GOLD; IMATINIB; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ACTINIC RETICULOID; ARTHRALGIA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INDUCED PSEUDOLYMPHOMA SYNDROME; DRUG INDUCED REVERSIBLE LYMPHOID DYSCRASIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECZEMA; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHEMA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; KERATOSIS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; LICHEN STRIATUS; LICHENOID KERATOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PIGMENTED PURPURIC DERMATOSIS; PRURITUS; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SCABIES; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITILIGO;

DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECZEMA; HUMANS; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; PSORIASIS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250369632     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2006.00662.x     Document Type: Review

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