Pre-sezary To Sezary Erythroderma Syndrome.

A 50-year old woman was admitted with pre-Se'zary syndrome in May, 97 as she had intractable progressive erythroderma with intense pruritus since 15 months. She also had axillary, inguinal, hilar and para-aortic lymphadenopathy, hepatomegaly, alopecia, hypersensitivity to cefadroxyl, and abnormal Sezary cells in peripheral blood film. Histopathology confirmed the diagnosis. Initially she was given 20 mg of prednisolone which was later increased to 40 mg daily but she did not respond. She responded favourably to combination of 20 mg prednisolone and chlorambucil 2.5 mg daily.