%0 Generic
%A M., Bosseila
%A K., Sayed Sayed
%A S.S., El-Din Sayed
%A N.A., Abd El Monaem
%D 2015
%T Supplementary Material for: Evaluation of Angiogenesis in Early Mycosis Fungoides Patients: Dermoscopic and Immunohistochemical Study
%U https://karger.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Supplementary_Material_for_Evaluation_of_Angiogenesis_in_Early_Mycosis_Fungoides_Patients_Dermoscopic_and_Immunohistochemical_Study/5128009
%R 10.6084/m9.figshare.5128009.v1
%2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/8715979
%2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/8715982
%2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/8715985
%2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/8715988
%K Angiogenesis
%K Dermoscopy
%K CD34
%K Mycosis fungoides
%X Background: Angiogenesis is the production of new blood vessels from an existing vascular network; it plays a critical role in solid tumor development and metastasis. Objectives: To assess angiogenesis in early cases of mycosis fungoides (MF) and to determine vascular patterns in MF dermoscopically. Methods: 25 patients with MF and 20 healthy controls were included. The MF lesions were assessed dermoscopically. CD34 immunohistochemistry was performed to count dermal microvessel density (MVD). Results: The total dermal MVD was significantly higher in MF patients (19.77 ± 5.81) than in controls (4.44 ± 3.16; p = 0.013). Among them, there were 10.8 ± 4.1 sprouts of endothelial buds (clusters of cells per field) in patients and 2.4 ± 2 in controls (p = 0.000). The dotted pattern of blood vessels was the most frequently encountered pattern in the MF lesions by dermoscopy. Conclusions: Our findings support that neoangiogenesis is significantly increased in early MF lesions and that the main dermoscopic feature of MF is dotted blood vessels.
%I Karger Publishers