The clinical spectrum of mycosis fungoides in Tanzania, East Africa

Br J Dermatol. 2017 Jun;176(6):1653-1656. doi: 10.1111/bjd.14963. Epub 2017 Mar 28.

Authors

M L Grijsen^{1

2}, R G Mtayangulwa², B Naafs³, P Jansen⁴, M H Vermeer¹, D Mavura², E J Masenga², R Willemze¹

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
² Regional Dermatology Training Centre at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi, United Republic of Tanzania.
³ Foundation Global Dermatology, Munnekeburen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Departments of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.

PMID: 27529394
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.14963

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Male
Methotrexate / administration & dosage
Middle Aged
Mycosis Fungoides / drug therapy
Mycosis Fungoides / epidemiology*
Mycosis Fungoides / pathology
Prednisolone / administration & dosage
Pruritus / epidemiology
Pruritus / pathology
Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy
Skin Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Skin Neoplasms / pathology
Tanzania / epidemiology
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

Substances

Prednisolone
Methotrexate