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Superficial X-ray therapy for granulomatous mycosis fungoides in a child: a case report Volume 31, issue 5, September-October 2021

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1 Department of Dermatovenereology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
2 Department of Dermatology, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing, China

Granulomatous mycosis fungoides (GMF) is a rare variant of mycosis fungoides (MF), a common type of primary cutaneous T-cell lymphoma [1]. GMF is characterized by the histological presence of granulomatous reactions and poor response to therapy [2]. This report highlights successful GMF treatment in a 10-year-old Chinese boy using localized superficial X-ray therapy (SXRT).The boy had a 15-cm-diameter nodule, a 5 cm×10 cm plaque on his right ribs, and an 8 cm × 15 cm plaque on the right side of his [...]