[Sea-blue histiocytes in a patient with mycosis fungoides]

Med Cutan Ibero Lat Am. 1990;18(2):141-4.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The syndrome of the sea-blue histiocyte is a multisystemic infiltration by a special kind of macrophages which contain a ceroid material within its cytoplasm. We report herein a patient with mycosis fungoides, hyperlipidaemia type IIB and sea-blue histiocytes on bone marrow. Moreover, the cutaneous histopathology showed focus of eosinophilic spongiosis, that have not been previously described in mycosis fungoides, as far as we know.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mycosis Fungoides / complications
  • Mycosis Fungoides / pathology*
  • Sea-Blue Histiocyte Syndrome / complications
  • Sea-Blue Histiocyte Syndrome / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / complications
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*