Title: Sézary syndrome, Kaposi sarcoma and generalized dermatophytosis 15 years after sulfur mustard gas exposure.
Authors: Emadi, Seyed Naser; Babamahmoodi, Farhang; Poursaleh, Zohreh; Sayad-Noori, Seyede Somaye; Soroush, Mohammad Reza; Maleki, Ali Reza; Izadi, Morteza; Khodaei-Ardakan, Mohammad Reza; Emadi, Seyed Emad
Abstract: The article presents a case study concerning a 58-year-old man with an abrupt, de novo and erythrodermic eruption in 2002. It notes that the said eruption has been exposed to sulfur mustard during the Iran-Iraq war in 1987. It mentions that a complete blood count has shown leukocytosis, atypical lymphocytosis and eosinophilia. It cites that causative relationship between sulfur mustard gas exposure, immune and cutaneous T cell lymphoma compromised state with opportunistic infection.
Subjects: SEZARY syndrome; MUSTARD gas
Publication: Journal of Dermatological Case Reports, 2012, Vol 6, Issue 3, p86
ISSN: 1898-7249
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.3315/jdcr.2012.1109

Sézary syndrome, Kaposi sarcoma and generalized dermatophytosis 15 years after sulfur mustard gas exposure.

Emadi, Seyed Naser; Babamahmoodi, Farhang; Poursaleh, Zohreh; Sayad-Noori, Seyede Somaye; Soroush, Mohammad Reza; Maleki, Ali Reza; Izadi, Morteza; Khodaei-Ardakan, Mohammad Reza; Emadi, Seyed Emad