MYCOSIS FUNGOIDESLIKE T-CELL CUTANEOUS LYMPHOID INFILTRATES IN PATIENTS WITH HIV-INFECTION

Cutaneous patch and plaque lesions, and erythroderma may suggest mycos is fungoides both clinically and histopathologically in HIV + patients . However, in some cases, this diagnosis is questionable. Five such ca ses are presented. When we compared these cases with cases of mycosis fungoides unassociated with HIV infection, we found less concordance a mong dermatopathologists in making a histopathological diagnosis, a gr eater proportion of CD8 than CD4 T cells in the cutaneous infiltrates, and no instances of demonstrated clonaIity of the cutaneous T-cell in filtrates in the HIV + group. We conclude that CD8 T-cell predominant dermatoses may simulate mycosis fungoides in HIV + patients.