TY - JOUR
T1 - Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in a patient from Romania
T2 - A case report and review of the literature
AU - Fett, Nicole M.
AU - Siddiqui, Jawed
AU - Creswell, Caleb H.
AU - Zhang, Dahua
AU - Lloyd, Rita
AU - Wood, Gary S.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2008/10
Y1 - 2008/10
N2 - Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a rare malignancy caused by human T-cell leukemia virus-1. ATLL is endemic to Japan, and to date, there are only four case reports of patients from Romania who have developed ATLL. Here, we describe a woman living in Madison, Wisconsin, originally from Romania, who presented with an atypical papulosquamous eruption and was ultimately diagnosed with smoldering ATLL. Narrow-band ultraviolet-B (UV-B) therapy and mid-potency topical steroids resulted in skin clearing for approximately 5 months after diagnosis; however, she subsequently relapsed with disease refractory to both narrow band UV-B and psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUV-A), progressed to acute ATLL and expired secondary to complications.
AB - Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a rare malignancy caused by human T-cell leukemia virus-1. ATLL is endemic to Japan, and to date, there are only four case reports of patients from Romania who have developed ATLL. Here, we describe a woman living in Madison, Wisconsin, originally from Romania, who presented with an atypical papulosquamous eruption and was ultimately diagnosed with smoldering ATLL. Narrow-band ultraviolet-B (UV-B) therapy and mid-potency topical steroids resulted in skin clearing for approximately 5 months after diagnosis; however, she subsequently relapsed with disease refractory to both narrow band UV-B and psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUV-A), progressed to acute ATLL and expired secondary to complications.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00962.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2007.00962.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 18544058
AN - SCOPUS:50849133295
SN - 0303-6987
VL - 35
SP - 32
EP - 37
JO - Journal of cutaneous pathology
JF - Journal of cutaneous pathology
IS - SUPPL. 1
ER -