PULMONARY MANIFESTATIONS OF MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES
Authors: S M BLUEFARB, H S STEINBERG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Article1 February 1952PULMONARY MANIFESTATIONS OF MYCOSIS FUNGOIDESSAMUEL M. BLUEFARB, M.D., HYMAN S. STEINBERG, M.D.SAMUEL M. BLUEFARB, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HYMAN S. STEINBERG, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-2-625 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMycosis fungoides is a disease of the reticuloendothelial system. The disease manifests itself primarily in the skin, although visceral manifestations frequently occur. In 1935 Stuhmer1wrote: "The complications which appear in the lungs in the form of real mycosis tumors generally are not discovered during life." We have recently observed four cases of mycosis fungoides with the typical skin picture in which pulmonary infiltrations were found on roentgen examination. Three of the four cases were verified at autopsy. 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