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Bittencourt,Achiléa L.; Andrade,Agnes Carvalho; Requião,Cristiane; Arruda,Maria da Gloria Bomfim; Araújo,Iguaracyra. |
Abstract Hodgkin-like ATLL is a rare variant of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL), a disease caused by human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1). At admission, a 46-year-old female presented with lymphadenomegaly, lymphocytosis, slight elevation of LDH blood level, and acid-alcohol resistant bacilli in sputum and was being treated for pulmonary tuberculosis (Tb). She had lymphocytosis in the previous 20 months. Serology for HTLV-1 was positive. Lymph node was infiltrated by medium-sized lymphocytes with scattered Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg-like cells CD30+, CS1-4+, and CD79a+. Background cells were CD4+ and CD25+. A clinical diagnosis of favorable chronic ATLL was given. She was treated with chemotherapy but later progressed to acute ATLL and... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report |
Palavras-chave: Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma; HTLV-1 infection; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Hodgkin-like ATLL. |
Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702017000100119 |
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