HTLV-I associated cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: report of a case with atypical clinical presentation

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Achiléa Lisboa Bittencourt¹  Dilson J. Fernandes²  Carlos Sampaio Filho²  Edson Duarte Moreira Junior¹  Terezinha T. Ribeiro¹  William Harrington Junior¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Federal da Bahia Hospital Universitário Professor Edgard Santos Departamentos de Patologia e Medicina InternaSalvador,Brasil

关键词: adult T cell lymphoma;    HTLV-1;    cutaneous T cell lymphoma;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02761994000100011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A case of a 20-years-old black man from Salvador, Bahia with HTLV-I associated T cell lymphoma is presented. In spite of the absence of splenomegaly and leukemia, the patient had a marked cephalic tumoral infiltrationassociated with axillary tumors in a pattern not yet described in adult T cell lymphoma. Peripheral blood involvement was observed later on in the course of thedisease. The patient underwent chemotherapy but died seven monts after diagnosis.

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