Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma

Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
The Cutaneous Lymphoma Clinic at UAB offers comprehensive care to patients with both T-cell and B-cell Cutaneous Lymphoma and a variety of other conditions.

Cutaneous T-Cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a class of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, which is a type of cancer of the immune system. Unlike most non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (which are generally B-cell related), CTCL is caused by a mutation of T cells.

Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma: A type of lymphoma that affects the skin.
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cutaneous T-cell lymphoma A disease in which certain cells of the lymph system (called T lymphocytes) become cancerous (malignant) and affect the skin.
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Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma is the type that affects the skin. This kind can resemble other skin conditions and may not be detected for several years. Areas of the skin can become irritated and the nearby lymph nodes will swell.

Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a rare form of skin cancer. CTCL most often develops over many years. It can cause a wide variety of symptoms, ranging from itchy skin to skin tumors and infections.
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Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
Detailed information on cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, including symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma is a disease in which certain cells of the lymph system (called T-lymphocytes) become cancer (malignant) and affect the skin.

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May be either of the following: (1) stage IA cancer affecting less than 10% of the skin's surface and appearing as red, dry, scaly patches; ...

A form of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma manifested by generalised exfoliative erythroderma, intense pruritus, peripheral lymphadenopathy, and abnormal hyperchromatic mononuclear cells in the skin, lymph nodes, and peripheral blood (sezary cells).

Definition Cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) is a malignancy of the T-helper (CD4+) cells of the immune system.

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Leukemic phase of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (ie, Sézary syndrome)
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mycosis fungoides - cutaneous T-cell lymphoma skin tumors.
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myelogenous leukemia - a type of leukemia in which the cancer develops in the granulocytes or monocytes (myeloid cells).

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SAHA A drug that is used to treat cutaneous T-cell lymphoma that does not get better, gets worse, or comes back during or after treatment with other drugs. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer.

Mycosis Fungoides: see Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma
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Mycosis fungoides (MF) is a type of cancer (cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, or CTCL) of the immune system characterized by the development of red, itchy sores (lesions) on the skin and eventual involvement of the lymph nodes.

This summary describes the two most common types of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas: mycosis fungoides and the Sézary syndrome. For information about other types of skin cancer or non-Hodgkin lymphoma, see the following PDQ summaries: ...

LyP is one of several types of cutaneous T-cell lymphoproliferative disorders, which account for about 25% of cutaneous T-cell lymphomas. This disorder is rare, with a prevalence of only 1 to 2 cases per million people in the population.

Other skin cancers include Mycosis fungoides, Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma, Kaposi’s sarcoma and Paget’s disease. They are found less than 1% cases.
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Indeed, some patients with lymphomatoid papulosis have clinically diagnostic lesions of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma elsewhere.
Of those that do not, a proportion of patients with lymphomatoid papulosis will manifest systemic lymphoma.

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Vorinostat. Vorinostat (Zolinza) was approved in 2006 for treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), a rare form of NHL.
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denileukin diftitox: A substance used to treat cutaneous T-cell lymphoma when other treatments have not worked.

Bexarotene is effective and safe for treatment of refractory advanced-stage cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: multinational phase II-III trial results. J Clin Oncol. 2001 May 1;19(9):2456-71. Abstract
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Cutaneous lymphomas. These skin cancers originate in the skin's lymphocytes, which are immune system cells found in the bone marrow and blood. The most common cutaneous lymphoma is cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, also called mycosis fungoides.

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Recently, a drug, vorinostat (Zolinza), was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cutaneous T-cell lymphoma not responding to other treatments. The choice of treatment depends on the extent of the disease and other factors.

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See also: T-cell lymphoma, Lymphoma, Cancer, Melanoma, Sarcoma