Reassessment of histologic parameters in the diagnosis of mycosis fungoides

BR Smoller, K Bishop, E Glusac, YH Kim… - The American journal …, 1995 - journals.lww.com
The histologic diagnosis of mycosis fungoides (MF) can be difficult to establish and is based
on interpretation of numerous subtle changes, most of which may be present to some
degree in many inflammatory and neoplastic cutaneous conditions. To reassess the
diagnostic criteria for making a histologic diagnosis of MF, we retrospectively reviewed
histologic section from 64 patients with mycosis fungoides (MF+) and compared the findings
with sections from 47 patients who were biopsied to exclude MF and were shown not to …