Adult T-cell leukemia with leukemia cell infiltration into the gastrointestinal tract.
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.
Utsunomiya
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Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
Hanada
S
S
Terada
A
A
Kodama
M
M
Uematsu
T
T
Tsukasa
S
S
Hashimoto
S
S
Tokunaga
M
M
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
D000954:Antigens, Surface