Mycosis Fungoides with Pulmonary Involvement

Kim, Young Kyoon; Kim, Kwan Hyoung; Han, Ki Don; Moon, Hwa Sik; Song, Jung Sup; Park, Sung Hak

doi:1989.36.3.286

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 36(3); 1989 > Article

Case report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1989;36(3):286-291.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1989.36.3.286 Published online September 1, 1989.

Mycosis Fungoides with Pulmonary Involvement

Young Kyoon Kim, Kwan Hyoung Kim, Ki Don Han, Hwa Sik Moon, Jung Sup Song, Sung Hak Park

Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University, Medical College, Seoul, Korea

균상 식육종에 의한 폐침윤 1예

김영균, 김관형, 한기돈, 문화식, 송정섭, 박성학

Abstract

Mycosis fungoides is a relatively rare and slowly progressive malignant disorder, initially manifest as skin disease, with a fatal outcome. A number of recent autopsy series exposed the common nature of the systemic spread of this malignancy. Pulmonary involvement in this disorder has been noted in anecdotal reports. The lungs are the most common site of extranodal involvement and dissemination of mycosis fungoides to the lung heralds a poor prognosis We report an 51-year-old women who had a fatal outcome due to mycosis fungoides with pulmonary involvement, diagnosed by pleural fluid cytology and pleural biopsy.