Association of airborne toxins with geographic clustering of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma in Louisiana

Jalal Maghfour; Frances Gill; Justin Olson; Nicholas Guido; Harika Echuri; Andrea Murina

doi:10.1016/j.jaad.2022.03.003

Association of airborne toxins with geographic clustering of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma in Louisiana

J Am Acad Dermatol. 2022 Nov;87(5):1184-1186. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.03.003. Epub 2022 Mar 7.

Authors

Jalal Maghfour¹, Frances Gill², Justin Olson³, Nicholas Guido⁴, Harika Echuri⁵, Andrea Murina⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.
² Department of Psychiatry, University of Southern-California, Los Angeles, California.
³ Data Science, Ashley Furniture, Arcadia, Wisconsin.
⁴ Private Practice, Dermatology LTD, Media, Pennsylvania.
⁵ Department of Dermatology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Electronic address: amurina@tulane.edu.

PMID: 35271939
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2022.03.003

No abstract available

Keywords: CTCL; T cell; benzene; carcinogen; cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; environmental exposure; geographic clustering; incidence; mycosis fungoides; neighborhood effects; trichloroethylene.

MeSH terms

Cluster Analysis
Humans
Louisiana / epidemiology
Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous* / epidemiology
Lymphoma, T-Cell, Cutaneous* / pathology
Mycosis Fungoides* / pathology
Skin Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Skin Neoplasms* / pathology