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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sogand Goudarzi, MD [2]

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Mycosis Fungoides was first described in 1806 by French dermatologist Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert.

Mycosis Fungoides was first described in 1806 by French dermatologist Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert.^[1]^[2]^[3]
Mycosis fungoides is unrelated to any fungal infection. The term fungoides was first used by Dr. Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert to describe the tumor as having a mushroom-like appearance.^[4]

↑ Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. p. 1867. ISBN 1-4160-2999-0.
↑ Alibert JLM (1806). Descriptions des maladies de la peau observées a l’Hôpital Saint-Louis, et exposition des meilleures méthodes suivies pour leur traitement (in French). Paris: Barrois l’ainé. p. 286.
↑ Alibert JLM (1806). Descriptions des maladies de la peau observées a l’Hôpital Saint-Louis, et exposition des meilleures méthodes suivies pour leur traitement (in French). Paris: Barrois l’ainé. p. 286.
↑ Hulmani, Manjunath; Kudur, Mohan (2013). "Misnomers in dermatology: Time to change and update". Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology, and Leprology. 79 (4): 479. doi:10.4103/0378-6323.113075. ISSN 0378-6323.