Mycosis fungoides in a lung transplant recipient with advanced ciclosporin nephropathy: management with mechlorethamine and subsequent renal transplantation

Emmanuel Laffitte; Jean-Pierre Venetz; John-David Aubert; Michel A Duchosal; Renato G Panizzon; Manuel Pascual

doi:10.1159/000128283

Mycosis fungoides in a lung transplant recipient with advanced ciclosporin nephropathy: management with mechlorethamine and subsequent renal transplantation

Dermatology. 2008;217(1):87-8. doi: 10.1159/000128283. Epub 2008 Apr 29.

Authors

Emmanuel Laffitte¹, Jean-Pierre Venetz, John-David Aubert, Michel A Duchosal, Renato G Panizzon, Manuel Pascual

Affiliation

¹ Department of Dermatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. [email protected]

PMID: 18446031
DOI: 10.1159/000128283

Abstract

Posttransplant cutaneous T cell lymphomas are rare and have been reported to have a poor prognosis. We report the case of a follicular mycosis fungoides in a lung transplant recipient who was successfully treated with topical mechlorethamine, prior to subsequent renal transplantation.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Administration, Topical
Adult
Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
Betamethasone Valerate / therapeutic use
Cyclosporine / adverse effects
Humans
Immunocompromised Host*
Kidney Diseases / chemically induced
Kidney Diseases / therapy
Kidney Transplantation
Lung Transplantation / adverse effects*
Male
Mechlorethamine / therapeutic use*
Mycosis Fungoides / diagnosis
Mycosis Fungoides / drug therapy
Mycosis Fungoides / etiology*
Remission Induction
Skin / pathology
Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis
Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy
Skin Neoplasms / etiology*

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents
Mechlorethamine
Cyclosporine
Betamethasone Valerate