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Adult T‐cell leukemia following long‐term remission from non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma
Author(s) -
Yonekura Shuji,
Nagao Tadami,
Komatsuda Mitsumoto,
Arimori Shigeru
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
european journal of haematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1600-0609
pISSN - 0902-4441
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1987.tb00763.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lymphoma , leukemia , disease , adult t cell leukemia/lymphoma , complete remission , chemotherapy , oncology , non hodgkin's lymphoma , t cell leukemia
A female patient who had been initially diagnosed with non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and achieved complete clinical remission with combined chemotherapy, developed overt adult T‐cell leukemia (ATL) after 9 yr of disease‐free survival. This is the first case of the development of ATL following the complete remission of NHL. Secondary malignant neoplasms are not well‐documented in patients previously diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. Although there have been a few reports concerning the occurrence of secondary malginancy in patients with non‐Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), there has never been a documented case of ATL following long‐term survival from NHL. Here, we report a case of typical adult T‐cell leukemia (ATL) which occurred after 9 yr disease‐free survival from NHL.