Adult T‐cell leukaemia lymphoma in an Aborigine
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 21 (5) , 739-741
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.1991.tb01380.x
Abstract
A 44-year-old Aborigine with Adult T-cell Leukaemia/Lymphoma (ATLL) due to HTLV-I is reported. He presented with transverse myelitis of subacute onset, and subsequently developed frank T-cell leukaemia complicated by splenomegaly and hypercalcaemia. Cell surface marker studies showed a phenotype of CD3+ CD4+ CD8- CD25+, and serological and molecular studies confirmed HTLV-I infection. This is the first report of ATLL in an Australian Aborigine.Keywords
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