This week's artwork was donated by Vansom, a pediatric cancer patient who received treatment at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia .
Mycosis fungoides is a fairly benign disease, with a very long natural history.
Most patients present with a rash that will not resolve after local topical treatments. Although mycosis fungoides runs an indolent course, this lymphoma does have the potential to spread all over the skin as well as to other organs. Despite aggressive medical treatment mycosis fungoides can cause significant medical morbidity and even death. Typically mycosis fungoides presents as more than one skin lesion, but about five percent of patients have a solitary lymphoma focus. The authors define this condition as a solitary lesion, confined to a single anatomic site without evidence of lymph node involvement or spread to other organs.