Open AccessHTLV 1 associated adult T cell lymphoma/leukemia a clinicopathologic, immunophenotypic tale of three cases from non-endemic region of south India
Author(s) -
Faiq Ahmed,
Sudha Murthy,
M. V. T. Krishna Mohan,
Senthil Rajappa
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.94870
Subject(s) - lymphoma , leukemia , neoplasm , adult t cell leukemia/lymphoma , immunophenotyping , t cell leukemia , medicine , pathology , virus , immunology , antigen
Adult T cell lymphoma/leukemia is a peripheral T-cell neoplasm caused by human T-cell lymphotrophic virus-1, affects mostly adults with systemic involvement and poor prognosis. Diagnosis of adult T-Cell leukemia/Lymphoma is challenging. The clinico-pathologic and immuno-phenotypic features of the three cases will be presented.