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mycosis fungoides

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Disease Overview

Classical mycosis fungoides is the most common type of mycosis fungoides (MF), a form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, and is characterized by slow progression from patches to more infiltrated plaques and eventually to tumors.

Synonyms

  • Alibert-Bazin syndrome
  • CTCL/ mycosis fungoides
  • MF
  • classic mycosis fungoides
  • cutaneous T-cell lymphoma/mycosis fungoides
  • granuloma fungoides
  • mycosis fungoides
  • mycosis fungoides (morphologic abnormality)
  • mycosis fungoides NOS (morphologic abnormality)
  • mycosis fungoides lymphoma
  • mycosis fungoides of unspecified site
  • mycosis fungoides, Alibert-Bazin type
  • mycosis fungoides, unspecified site, extranodal and solid organ sites
GARD Disease Summary

The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) has information and resources for patients, caregivers, and families that may be helpful before and after diagnosis of this condition. GARD is a program of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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Orphanet

Orphanet has a summary about this condition that may include information on the diagnosis, care, and treatment as well as other resources. Some of the information and resources are available in languages other than English. The summary may include medical terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. Orphanet is the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research and the Health Programme of the European Union.

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OMIM

Online Mendelian Inheritance In Man (OMIM) has a summary of published research about this condition and includes references from the medical literature. The summary contains medical and scientific terms, so we encourage you to share and discuss this information with your doctor. OMIM is authored and edited at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

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