Granuloma fungoides

Introduction: Granuloma fungoides

Description of Granuloma fungoides

Granuloma fungoides (medical condition): Mycosis fungoides is a rare form of T-cell lymphoma of the skin. The...more »

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Granuloma fungoides: Related Topics

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Granuloma fungoides as a Disease

Granuloma fungoides: Another name for Mycosis fungoides (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Mycosis fungoides
  »Symptoms of Mycosis fungoides
  »Causes of Mycosis fungoides
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Granuloma fungoides: Related Diseases

Granuloma fungoides: Granuloma fungoides is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Cancer
• Skin conditions
• Fungal diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• Skin tumors
• Benign tumors

Causes of Granuloma fungoides

Some of the causes of Granuloma fungoides are included in the list below:

• Lymphoma
• The cause of the disease is unknown

Read more about causes of Granuloma fungoides (Mycosis fungoides)

Symptoms of Granuloma fungoides (Mycosis fungoides)

Some of the symptoms of Granuloma fungoides incude:

• Red scaly skin rash
• Itchy rash
• Spreading skin rash
• Buttock skin rash
• Shoulder skin rash

See full list of 36 symptoms of Granuloma fungoides (Mycosis fungoides)

Treatments for Granuloma fungoides (Mycosis fungoides)

Treatments for Granuloma fungoides (Mycosis fungoides) include:

• Radiotherapy
• Chemotherapy
• There is no cure for mycosis fungoides
• Treatments such as steroid creamsor , electron beam radiation, chemotherapy may be applied to the skin, if it is in early stages
• Ultraviolet light ( PUVA ) will often help control the condition

See full list of 9 treatments for Granuloma fungoides

Treatment of Granuloma fungoides: For more treatment information about Granuloma fungoides, see treatment of Mycosis fungoides (Granuloma fungoides)

Granuloma fungoides: Article Excerpts about Mycosis fungoides

A form of lymph cancer characterized by scaly skin patches. It progresses over several years to form... (Source: excerpt from Handout on Health Scleroderma: NIAMS)

Granuloma fungoides: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Granuloma fungoides:

• cuatneous T-cell lymphoma
• granuloma fungoides
• Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
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