Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma associated with granulomatous slack skin

Dermatology. 1996;192(3):288-90. doi: 10.1159/000246389.

Abstract

Granulomatous slack skin disease (GSS) is a rare disorder characterized by bulky cutaneous lesions and epithelioid and giant cell granulomas with destruction of the dermal elastic tissue. We detail the observation of a 29-year-old man with clinical and histological features of GSS. Pendulous skin tumors were associated with typical clinical and immunohistochemical aspects of mycosis fungoides and with clonal rearrangement of the V gamma T-cell receptor gene in lesional skin. This case report supports cutaneous T-cell lymphoma as a cause of GSS.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Granuloma / diagnosis
  • Granuloma / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / complications*
  • Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous / diagnosis
  • Male
  • Mycosis Fungoides / complications
  • Mycosis Fungoides / diagnosis
  • Skin Diseases / diagnosis
  • Skin Diseases / etiology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / complications*
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis