epidemiological features of mycosis fungoides in isfahan, iran: a 3-years study

background: mycosis fungoides (mf) is he most common and indolent form of cutaneuse t-cell lymphomas (ctcl), that usually occurs in old adults. objectives: to determine epidemiologic features and patients characteristics of mf in isfahan (iran). methods: we performed a retrospective study in mf clinic of alzahra hospital that is the main center for treatment of mf patients in isfahan (iran) and evaluated clinicopathologic features. results : in 3 years 25 patients were referred to alzahra mf clinic. 18 patients diagnosed as mf. seven (38.9%) patients were male and 11 (61.1%) were female with male to female ratio of 1:1.57. the mean age of patients was 41.06 years. 88.9% of our patients were in stages î™a and î™b. conclusion: most of our patients presented in early stages that were similar to other studies, while male: female ratio is different from other studies.