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Mycosis fungoides is a term applied to a clinical syndrome which includes a variety of cutaneous manifestations. Fraser has recently imparted fresh impetus to the pathologic study of this disease. His conclusion, from the study of certain types of this condition, is that its pathogenesis rests in the perivascular reticular system of the skin. This theory places the origin of mycosis fungoides in the papillary layer of the cutis.
The difficulty encountered in the clinical diagnosis of mycosis fungoides is exhibited in a case described in this paper. The patient was presented before the Chicago Dermatological Society at the November meeting, 1926, at which time all of the members present concurred in the diagnosis, but the histologic picture in the case is, in my opinion, incompatible with this diagnosis.
REPORT OF CASE
History.—
C. C., a white man, aged 60, a chauffeur, was admitted to the Alexian Brother's Hospital on