title: Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in a 21-year-old man.
abstract: Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is malignancy of mature T cells that caused by infection with human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I). Leukemogenesis of ATL cells considered to involve a multistep oncogenic process, resulting in a very long latency period. But, we report here the case of a 21-year-old man having suffered from recurrent stomatititis who has already developed acute-type ATL. ATL generally occurs after a long latency period, and the present case in a young man is thus very rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Immunology, Kagoshima University, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Japan. owatari@q-jun2.hosp.go.jp
authors.forename: Satsuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Owatari
authors.forename: Kimiharu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uozumi
authors.forename: Masahito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Mayumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Kouichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haraguchi
authors.forename: Shinsuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Naomichi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies