Pigmented purpura-like eruption as cutaneous sign of mycosis fungoides with autoimmune purpura

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1999 Feb;40(2 Pt 2):298-9. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(99)70469-x.

Abstract

We describe the clinical and laboratory findings of a young man with mycosis fungoides. The disease was associated, since the early stages, with autoimmune purpura. Interferon alfa (IFN-alpha) administration improved this patient's condition, both the purpuric eruption and patchy cutaneous lesions, thus suggesting T-cell abnormalities may be responsible for the development of the disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Autoimmune Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Autoimmune Diseases / immunology
  • Autoimmune Diseases / pathology
  • Biopsy
  • Blood Platelets / immunology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycosis Fungoides / diagnosis*
  • Mycosis Fungoides / immunology
  • Mycosis Fungoides / pathology
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / diagnosis*
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / immunology
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / pathology
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / diagnosis*
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / immunology
  • Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / pathology
  • Skin / immunology
  • Skin / pathology
  • Skin Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Skin Neoplasms / immunology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology
  • T-Lymphocytes / pathology

Substances

  • Autoantibodies