Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in a 21-year-old man.
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.
Owatari
Satsuki
S
Department of Hematology and Immunology, Kagoshima University, Sakuragaoka, Kagoshima, Japan. owatari@q-jun2.hosp.go.jp
Uozumi
Kimiharu
K
Tokunaga
Masahito
M
Tokunaga
Mayumi
M
Haraguchi
Kouichi
K
Suzuki
Shinsuke
S
Arima
Naomichi
N
D000328:Adult; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male
D015481:HTLV-I Antibodies