title: Adult T-cell leukemia presenting a IIa + IIc-like lesion in the stomach on endoscopic examination.
abstract: A patient with gastric involvement of adult T-cell leukemia is reported. Endoscopically, it mimicked an early gastric cancer IIa + IIc, but had the nature of a submucosal tumor, and could be distinguished from carcinoma. It is very important to distinguish it from carcinoma because of the different mode of therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Kumamoto National Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Obata
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsukamoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kawamura
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005773:Gastroscopy; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*