Intravascular malignant lymphomatosis: a case of T-cell lymphoma probably associated with human T-cell lymphotropic virus.
Intravascular malignant lymphomatosis (IML) is an unusual condition characterized by proliferation of lymphoma cells exclusively within the blood vessels. Most of the cases reported are of B-cell origin. We report a rare case of T-cell IML probably associated with human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1) infection. The present case suggests that T-cell lymphoma and HTLV-1-associated lymphoma occasionally represent a form of intravascular proliferation.
Shimokawa
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First Department of Pathology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan.
Higami
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Y
Sakai
H
H
Moriuchi
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Y
Murase
K
K
Ikeda
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T
D000368:Aged; D000798:Angiomatosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016399:Lymphoma, T-Cell / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology