Follicular mucinosis associated with mycosis fungoides

Dermatologica. 1991;183(1):66-7. doi: 10.1159/000247639.

Abstract

We report a patient who developed erythematous indurated plaques with alopecia on the face and multiple well-demarcated infiltrated scaling lesions on the trunk and extremities. Skin biopsy showed a mucinous degeneration of the follicular outer root sheaths and sebaceous glands consistent with the diagnosis of follicular mucinosis. A histologic examination of a specimen from the left forearm showed microscopic changes of mycosis fungoides. The present case confirms the need of multiple skin biopsies in the evaluation of patients with follicular mucinosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mucinosis, Follicular
  • Mycosis Fungoides / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*