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Evert Tuyp, MD; Audrey Burgoyne; Thomas Aitchison; Rona MacKie, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1987;123(2):196-200.

Abstract
• A detailed case control study was carried out on 53 patients (33 males and 20 females) with histologically proven mycosis fungoides and on an age- and sex-matched control population. Possible causative factors investigated included occupation, recreation, and exposure to petrochemicals, pesticides, insecticides, and potential carcinogens. Exposure to plants of the Compositae family, tanning history, and chronic sun exposure were also investigated, as were smoking history, drug ingestion history, and other skin disease. Personal and family histories of other malignancies were also investigated. The only statistically significant difference to emerge was that the patients with mycosis fungoides had significantly more family history of atopic dermatitis. In view of the absence of any significant difference between patients and controls with regard to personal history of atopic dermatitis, this difference may be the result of multiple statistical testing rather than a phenomenon of true biological significance.

(Arch Dermatol 1987;123:196-200)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Dermatology (Drs Tuyp and MacKie) and Statistics (Ms Burgoyne and Mr Aitchison), University of Glasgow (Scotland).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 22, 1986.

Reprint requests to Dermatology Department, University of Glasgow, Anderson College Building, 56 Dumbarton Rd, Glasgow, Scotland G11 6NU (Dr MacKie).

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