Category: November 2018 Brief Communication

Pigmented purpuric dermatosis (PPD)-like mycosis fungoides on the leg of a Filipino male

Mycosis fungoides (MF) is an epidermotropic, primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) composed of small to medium-sized T-lymphocytes with cerebriform nuclei and with a T-helper phenotype.1 This is the most common type of cutaneous lymphoma, which represents almost 50% of all lymphomas arising in the skin.1-3 The incidence of MF is approximately 0.36 per 100,000 person-years in the United States.4-5

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Dyskeratosis congenita diagnosed in an adult male: clinical, dermoscopy and histopathological features

Dyskeratosis congenita (DC), otherwise known as Zinsser-Engman Cole Syndrome is associated with the mucocutaneous triad of nail dystrophy, oral
leukoplakia and abnormal reticulate skin pigmentation.

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