Poikilodermatous mycosis fungoides: clinical and histopathological analysis of a case and literature review.

Poikilodermatous mycosis fungoides is a rare distinct clinical variant of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL), formerly referred to as poikiloderma vasculare atrophicans or parapsoriasis variegata. Mycosis fungoides (MF) is a malignant neoplasm of T-lymphocyte origin, most commonly memory CD4+ T-cells.We report here a patient with generalized poikilodermatous skin lesions whose diagnosis of mycosis fungoides was made only a few years after the onset of his disease due to its bizarre clinical behavior and a natural reluctance to diagnose this disease in children and adolescents.The variability of atypical clinical presentations of MF and its similarity to benign inflammatory and noninflammatory skin disorders may become a source of considerable confusion and controversy, challenging a dermatologist to make a precise diagnosis. Therefore, scrupulous clinicopathological correlation is an absolute necessity.