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Sustained Remission of Treatment-Resistant Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma With Oral Bexarotene

Cutaneous T-cell lymphomas (CTCL) encompass a spectrum of clinical and histologic variants, characterized by malignant CD4+ T lymphocytes in the skin and visceral organs. This is a case report of a 74-year-old man with CTCL, including ulcerative lesions, resistant to multiple systemic therapies. Treatment with oral bexarotene resulted in rapid and sustained remission of both cutaneous and systemic symptoms.


 

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