A Case of Mycosis Fungoides with Gastric and Central Nervous System Involvement.
A Case of Mycosis Fungoides with Gastric and Central Nervous System Involvement.
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累及胃和中枢神经系统的蕈样肉芽肿一例。
DOI:
10.1111/1346-8138.13820
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发表时间:
2017
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影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Sato S
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作者:
Senda N;Miyagaki T;Oka T;Ito Y;Katayama K;Kamiyama T;Sugaya M;Sato S
Dear Editor, Mycosis fungoides (MF) usually has a prolonged clinical course, and visceral involvement is rare. Single or combination chemotherapy, or molecular targeted therapy is used for MF with extracutaneous involvement, but their efficacy is limited. Here, we report a rare case of MF with gastric and central nervous system (CNS) involvement. A 67-year-old man was transferred to our hospital due to sudden deterioration of general condition on September 2014. He was diagnosed as MF based on clinical presentation and skin biopsy in 2006. Skin biopsy specimens showed infiltration of atypical lymphocytes in the superficial dermis with epidermotropism (Fig. 1a). He had been treated with narrowband UVB phototherapy, intravenous injection of interferon-r, local and total skin electron beam irradiation, oral etretinate, oral vorinostat, oral etoposide, and their combinations. On admission, erythematous plaques and ulcerated tumors (Fig. 1b) were distributed over most of the body. The laboratory tests revealed leukocytopenia (2.4 x 109/l), anemia (9.0 g/dl), and elevated soluble IL-2 receptor level (2,257 U/ml). A computed tomography scan of the neck, chest, abdomen, and pelvis and a positron emission tomography scan showed no evidence of extracutaneous involvement, including CNS involvement. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed multiple ulcerated, elevated lesions with oozing of gastric mucosa, which were similar to skin lesions (Fig. 1c). Although we could not perform gastric mucosa biopsy because of warfarin therapy for previous deep venous thrombosis, we clinically diagnosed him as MF with gastric involvement. He received gemcitabine therapy (1000 mg/m2 BSA on days 1, 8, and 15 of a 28-day schedule for a total of six cycles). After one cycle, skin lesions dramatically improved (Fig. 1d) and the gastric lesions disappeared endoscopically (Fig. 1e). Finally, he achieved complete response. After half a year, a decreased level of consciousness developed. A magnetic resonance imaging showed