[Mycosis fungoides in a Gabonese patient infected with HTLV-I].
Association of human T-lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1) with T-cell malignancy is well-known but its relationship with mycosis fungoides is controversial. Typical mycosis fungoides was diagnosed at tumor stage in a 58-year-old Gabonese woman also infected with HTLV-1. Infection with lymphoma of the skin is uncommon in Africa but it is probably underestimated. Association of mycosis fungoides with retrovirus infection could be coincidental since there is a high prevalence of HTLV-1 in Gabon and the only currently recognized association is T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. However recent data indicate the presence of similar retrovirus particles and a common tax gene in the monocytes of most patients presenting mycosis fungoides.
Perret
J L
JL
Service de Médecine A, Centre Hospitalier de Libreville, Gabon.
Moussavou-Kombila
J B
JB
Delaporte
E
E
Coniquet
S
S
Nguemby-Mbina
C
C
Normand
P
P
D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005681:Gabon; D016355:Genes, pX; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009000:Monocytes; D009182:Mycosis Fungoides / Q000097:blood / Q000821:virology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000821:virology*
Mycosis fongoïde chez une gabonaise infectée par le HTLV-I.