Deck-chair sign as a diagnostic clue for insidious T-cell lymphoma: An autopsy case of mycosis fungoides.
Deck-chair sign
Mycosis fungoides
Papuloerythroderma of Ofuji
T-cell lymphoma
Journal
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
ISSN: 1873-4162
Titre abrégé: Leg Med (Tokyo)
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 100889186
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2023
Nov 2023
Historique:
received:
20
04
2023
revised:
11
09
2023
accepted:
24
09
2023
medline:
20
11
2023
pubmed:
2
10
2023
entrez:
1
10
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Skin reflects the presence of systemic diseases, leading to an unexpected diagnosis of insidious diseases. Deck-chair sign is a unique skin eruption characterized by widespread erythematous papules that become erythrodermic with spare skin folds. An association between the deck-chair sign and malignancies, especially hematological neoplasms, has been suggested. We report a forensic case of mycosis fungoides unexpectedly diagnosed in the presence of a deck-chair sign. Mycosis fungoides is representative of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas. Here, we successfully demonstrated the feasibility of analyzing mycosis fungoides in a forensic autopsy case using basic histopathology and serology. We emphasize that the underlying malignancy should be primarily considered in cadavers with a positive deck-chair sign and review current reports about this characteristic skin manifestation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37778204
pii: S1344-6223(23)00136-0
doi: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2023.102326
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
102326Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.