title: Adult T-cell leukemia with leukemia cell infiltration into the gastrointestinal tract.
abstract: Five cases of untreated adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) with leukemia cell infiltration into the gastrointestinal (GI) tract were reported. X-ray findings of the GI tract showed diffuse abnormal mucosal patterns throughout the GI tract in all five patients. Endoscopic findings corresponded well with the x-ray findings. Pathologic examination of biopsied specimens from all five patients revealed diffuse and extensive leukemic infiltration into the stomach and/or the large intestine.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Utsunomiya
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hanada
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uematsu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsukasa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010641:Phenotype; D011859:Radiography; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface