CUTANEOUS T-CELL LYMPHOMA PRESENTING AS PAPULOERYTHRODERMA - A CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Papuloerythroderma has been described as a distinct clinical entity. I t is characterized by pruritus, red flat-topped papules with skin crea se sparing, blood eosinophilia and lymphopenia. It has been described almost exclusively in elderly men. We report a case of cutaneous T-cel l lymphoma which, at presentation, was indistinguishable from papuloer ythroderma, in a 79-year-old male. An excellent clinical response to l ow dose oral corticosteroids and photochemotherapy was observed. There have only been two previous reports linking papuloerythroderma with T -cell lymphoma. This patient is in keeping with the two previously rep orted cases and would support the view that papuloerythroderma may pre dispose to, or in fact represent, an early form of cutaneous T-cell ly mphoma.