Adult T-cell leukaemia lymphoma in an aborigine.
A 44-year-old Aborigine with Adult T-cell Leukaemia/Lymphoma (ATLL) due to HTLV-I is reported. He presented with transverse myelitis of subacute onset, and subsequently developed frank T-cell leukaemia complicated by splenomegaly and hypercalcaemia. Cell surface marker studies showed a phenotype of CD3+ CD4+ CD8- CD25+, and serological and molecular studies confirmed HTLV-I infection. This is the first report of ATLL in an Australian Aborigine.
Kirkland
M A
MA
Department of Haematology, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, SA.
Frasca
J
J
Bastian
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D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples