Hypopigmented Mycosis Fungoides in Type V Skin : A Report of 5 Cases

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Five patients with type V skin were studied to describe the clinical manifestations, pathological features, and treatment response in hypopigmented mycosis fungoides (HMF).

The mean age of patients was 22.4 years at diagnosis, with a mean of 36 months of diagnostic delay.

Two were children aged 11 and 13 years.

Skin patches were limited to sunlight-covered body areas.

In tropical climate, exposure to natural sunlight possibly cured the lesions on sun-exposed areas at early stage of onset.

HMF may frequently be misinterpreted as eczema, vitiligo, or progressive macular hypomelanosis clinically and histopathologically as seen in our case series.