A Patient’s Guide to Understanding
Cutaneous Lymphoma
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Other forms of cutaneous lymphoma present in varying ways. Sézary
syndrome (SS) is one type that can present in generalized redness affecting
80% or more of the skin’s surface. Patients with SS tend to experience very
intense itching, perhaps the most intense and relentless itching that has
ever been described. These patients will also experience a fair amount of
scaling, redness and dryness. They often lose large amounts of skin during
the night and may find their bed sheets covered with skin flakes in the
morning. This variation presents more dramatically than other types of
the disease, making it easier to diagnose because the presentation is more
unusual. Sézary syndrome patients will likely also feel tired, have enlarged
lymph nodes, may run a fever and just generally feel sick.
Common Signs & Symptoms of Mycosis Fungoides
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Patches
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Plaques
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Itching
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Skin ulcers
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Tumors
Common Signs & Symptoms of Sézary Syndrome
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Diffuse scaling skin (erythroderma)
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Thickening of palms and soles (hyperkeratosis)
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Hair thinning
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Eyelid margin thickening (ectropion)
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Itching
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Enlarged lymph nodes
