Adult T-cell leukemia with regression of erythroderma and simultaneous emergence of leukemia.
A patient with smoldering adult T-cell leukemia had refractory erythroderma. Concomitant with the development of acute leukemia, the cutaneous lesions disappeared spontaneously. This suggests an extensive release of tumor cells from the skin to the blood.
Hashizume
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Department of Dermatology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Japan.
Nakayama
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Oku
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Takigawa
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D003873:Dermatitis, Exfoliative / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous