Case Report
Year: 2017 | Month: January | Volume: 7 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 330-334
Hypopigmented Mycosis Fungoides: A Rare Variant
Anuj Sharma1, Vinay Shanker2, Gita Ram Tegta3, Renu Rattan4
1Consultant Dermatologist, Dept of Dermatology, Regional Hospital Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh-174001.
2Professor, Dept of Dermatology, MM Medical College and Hospital, Kumarhatti-Solan, Himachal Pradesh.
3Professor, Dept of Dermatology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh-171001.
4Consultant Dermatologist, Dept of Dermatology, Deen Dyal Upadhyay Hospital, Shimla.
Corresponding Author: Anuj Sharma
ABSTRACT
Mycosis fungoides (MF) is a cutaneous lymphoma of the T-cell lineage. Hypopigmented MF is a rare clinical variant of MF, described mainly in the dark skinned individuals. We, hereby illustrate a case of Hypopigmented MF in a 33 year old male, which was confirmed histologically and treated successfully with PUVA (Psoralen+UVA) therapy.
Key words: Mycosis fungoides, Hypopigmented, Lymphoma, Phototherapy.