Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma with gastric lesions. Report of three cases.
We describe three cases of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) with malignant cell infiltration into the stomach. Case 1, a 63-year-old man, had a large ulcerative lesion on the lesser curvature of the upper stomach. Case 2, a 44-year-old man, had an irregular depressed lesion simulating a IIc-type early gastric cancer on the posterior wall of the mid portion of the stomach. Case 3, a 58-year-old man, had multiple irregular depressed lesions on the lesser curvature of the lower part of the stomach. In all cases, histologic examinations of the biopsy specimens confirmed ATL-cell infiltration into the stomach. In cases 1 and 2, repeated roentgenographic and endoscopic examinations revealed the characteristic changes of the gastric lesions over the course of time.
Nakamura
S
S
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
Iida
M
M
Matsui
T
T
Yao
T
T
Kuwano
Y
Y
Nishiyama
K
K
Sakamoto
A
A
Fujishima
M
M
D000328:Adult; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology