Chronic herpes simplex infection in cutaneous T-cell lymphomas
E. C. Vonderheid, H. J. Milstein, K. D. Thompson and B. C. Wu
Therapeutically unresponsive erosive or ulcerative lesions caused by the
herpes simplex virus developed in five patients with advanced cutaneous
T-cell lymphoma. The chronic progressive character of the herpetic
infection probably was the consequence of immunosuppression resulting from
advanced lymphoma or its treatment. Herpes simplex infection should be
considered in the differential diagnosis of cutaneous ulcerations in
patients with cutaneous T-cell lymphomas.
