Clinical Staging and Prognostic Factors in Folliculotropic Mycosis Fungoides.

Importance: Large case series suggest that patients with folliculotropic mycosis fungoides (FMF) have a worse prognosis than patients with classic mycosis fungoides (MF). However, recent studies described a subgroup of patients with FMF with a more favorable prognosis. Distinction between indolent and aggressive FMF may have important therapeutic consequences but is hampered by the inability of the current tumor-node-metastasis-blood (TNMB) staging system to classify patients with FMF in a clinically meaningful way.

Persistent reflux below the knee after stripping of the great saphenous vein.

Objectives: This prospective study investigated persistent reflux of the below knee great saphenous knee (GSV) 2 years after stripping the above knee GSV and the effect on reflux of postoperative incompetent perforating veins (IPVs).

Methods: Included were 59 consecutive ambulatory patients in a community hospital with untreated primary varicose veins and reflux of the saphenofemoral junction and at least the GSV in the upper leg. Patients underwent a preoperative clinical examination and color flow duplex ultrasound imaging.

Coincidence of cutaneous follicle center lymphoma and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma.

Primary cutaneous follicle center lymphoma (PCFCL) is a neoplasm with differentiation of centrocytes and centroblasts presenting in the skin. At the time of initial manifestation, extracutaneous involvement is absent. PCFCL is considered as an indolent variant of primary cutaneous B-cell lymphomas since dissemination to extracutaneous sites is rare and the prognosis is favorable.

Outcomes and side effects of duplex-guided sclerotherapy in the treatment of great saphenous veins with 1% versus 3% polidocanol foam: results of a randomized controlled trial with 1-year follow-up.

Background: Eighty subjects were treated with either 1 or 3% polidocanol foam to compare the efficacy and adverse sequelae of each concentration of polidocanol foam.

Objective: The objective was to compare the effects of two different concentrations of polidocanol foam.

Material And Methods: During a 6-month period, we treated 80 consecutive patients with primary incompetent great saphenous veins in combination with saphenofemoral junction incompetence.

Posterolateral thigh perforator varicosities in 12 patients: a normal deep venous system and successful treatment with ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy.

Objectives: To determine whether in patients with posterolateral thigh perforator (PLTP) varicosities ultrasound-guided sclerotherapy (USGS) is successful and to determine any deep venous anomaly.

Patients: Twelve consecutive patients with PLTP varicosities were investigated and treated.

Design: In this prospective intervention study USGS of the PLTP with polidocanol microfoam 1-2% was performed with a maximal number of three treatments.

State-of-the-art treatment of chronic leg ulcers: A randomized controlled trial comparing vacuum-assisted closure (V.A.C.) with modern wound dressings.

Background: Current treatment modalities for chronic leg ulcers are time consuming, expensive, and only moderately successful. Recent data suggest that creating a subatmospheric pressure by vacuum-assisted closure (V.A.

Venae perforantes: a clinical review.

Background: Although many articles on perforating veins have been published, much knowledge about these veins is lacking.

Objective: In this review relevant facts about the clinical importance of perforating veins in venous disease are described.

Methods: A literature search on English, French and German articles has been performed using literature databases like Medline, Embase and Cochrane.