HTLV-I associated cutaneous T-cell lymphoma: report of a case with atypical clinical presentation
| Autor: | Achiléa Lisboa Bittencourt, Dilson J. Fernandes, Carlos Sampaio Filho, Edson Duarte Moreira Junior, Terezinha T. Ribeiro, William Harrington Junior |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
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| Zdroj: | Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 89, Iss 1, Pp 59-61 (1994) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0074-0276 1678-8060 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0074-02761994000100011 |
| Popis: | A case of a 20-years-old black man from Salvador, Bahia with HTLV-I associated T cell lymphoma is presented. In spite of the absence of splenomegaly and leukemia, the patient had a marked cephalic tumoral infiltrationassociated with axillary tumors in a pattern not yet described in adult T cell lymphoma. Peripheral blood involvement was observed later on in the course of thedisease. The patient underwent chemotherapy but died seven monts after diagnosis. |
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