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ACUTE ADULT T‐CELL LEUKEMIA/LYMPHOMA PRESENTING WITH FLORID CUTANEOUS DISEASE
Author(s) -
WRIGHT STEPHANIE A.,
JILL ROTHE MARTI,
SPORN JONATHAN,
VOORHEES ABBY S.,
GRANTKELS JANE M.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1992.tb02725.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fulminant , adult t cell leukemia/lymphoma , lymphoma , leukemia , disease , refractory (planetary science) , acute leukemia , natural history , dermatology , t cell leukemia , pathology , immunology , physics , astrobiology
Adult T‐cell leukemia/lymphoma (atll) is characterized by cutaneous disease, hypercalcemia, associated htlv‐i infection, and a fulminant course refractory to therapy. A patient with acute atll is described, and the natural history of atll is reviewed.