Research Article

Mycosis Fungoides in Iranian Population: An Epidemiological and Clinicopathological Study

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of patients based on the different clinical variants of mycosis fungoides.

ClassificationNumber of cases (%)Sex Age, year
median (range)
Latent period, year
median (range)
Staging
MFEarlyAdvanced

Classic type of MF ( = 68)
(i) Patch42 (48.8)192342 (7–82)1 (0–27)420
(ii) Plaque21 (24.4)111048 (19–84)1 (0–30)210
(iii) Tumoral 4 (4.7)3155 (31–59)7 (3–25)22
(iv) Generalized erythroderma1 (1.2)1045101

Variant type of MF ( = 18)
(i) Hypopigmented5 (5.8)1428 (15–34)3 (1–10)50
(ii) Poikilodermic5 (5.8)2344 (23–62)1 (0–55)50
(iii) Solitary3 (3.5)2131 (30–38)0 (0–6)30
(iv) Hyperpigmented2 (2.3)0232 (23–41)020
(v) Folliculotropic1 (1.2)0145101
(vi) Pigmented purpura-like lesion 1 (1.2)0126010
(vii) Hyperkeratotic1 (1.2)0118010