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==Overview==
==Overview==
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of cutaneous T cell lymphoma.CT scanning in MF patients evaluated information such as enlarged  lymph node (LN) and metastatic involvement.
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of cutaneous T cell lymphoma.CT scanning in MF patients evaluated information such as enlarged  lymph node (LN) and metastatic involvement.

Revision as of 19:42, 13 December 2018

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Overview

Classification

Mycosis fungoides
Sezary syndrome

Pathophysiology

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sogand Goudarzi, MD [2]

Overview

CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of cutaneous T cell lymphoma.CT scanning in MF patients evaluated information such as enlarged lymph node (LN) and metastatic involvement.

CT

  • CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of cutaneous T cell lymphoma.[1]
  • The European Society for Medical Oncology 2013 guidelines advise a CT scan for all patients in 2013.[2]
  • Maybe this findings observed in CT scan:[2]
    • Nodules ( Pulmonary, breast, adrenal)
    • New malignancy
    • Active tuberculosis infection
    • Thrombosis
    • Chronic aortic dissection

References

  1. Cutaneous T cell lymphoma. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results . http://seer.cancer.gov/seertools/hemelymph/51f6cf56e3e27c3994bd52f7/ Accessed on January 19, 2016
  2. 2.0 2.1 Spencer, A.; Gazzani, P.; Gadvi, R.; Hughes, S.J.; Stevens, A.; Shah, F.; Scarisbrick, J. (2018). "Computed tomography scanning in mycosis fungoides: optimizing the balance between benefit and harm". British Journal of Dermatology. 178 (2): 563–564. doi:10.1111/bjd.15657. ISSN 0007-0963.


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