title: [Primary pulmonary hypertension associated with HTLV-I retrovirus infection at the adult T-cell leukemia lymphoma stage].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Primary pulmonary hypertension is a rare condition characterized by sustained elevation of pulmonary artery pressure without demonstrable cause. Risk factors such as HIV infection are associated with this disease. HTLV-1 is a retrovirus endemic in Japan and in the Caribbean and an adult T-cell leukaemia-lymphoma is the most severe complication induced.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 59 Year-old West Indian woman who had an HTLV-1 retrovirus infection complicated by adult T-cell leukaemia lymphoma developed primary pulmonary hypertension.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The link between HIV infection and primary pulmonary hypertension is already known. The hypothesis of a link with an other retrovirus has to be confirmed by furthers studies.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine interne 3D, médecine des voyages, Fort de France. gblaqui@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blaquière
authors.forename: Murielle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bolo
authors.forename: Jocelyn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Inamo
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Daoudal
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Delaunay
authors.forename: Rachelle
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pagnot
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Numéric
mesh_terms: D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000150:complications; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology*; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000150:complications