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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL)
Pathogenesis of the disease: ATLL is associated with HTLV-1 infection of the tumour clone in 100% of the cases. The interval between HTLV-1 infection and the onset of lymphoma is long (10-40 years) and only <5% of infected people actually develops the disease. HTLV-1 produces a trans-regulatory protein (Tax) inducing interleukin-2 (IL-2) and IL-2 receptor expression and consequent polyclonal CD...
متن کاملA case report of adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL).
Adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a unique disease with distinct manifestations, a characteristic phenotype and a likely retroviral aetiology. It is unusual in Southeast Asia, though more commonly seen in some countries like Japan. We report a case of this disease in a 71-year-old man in Singapore who presented with papular erythematous eruptions for 6 years and subsequently developed g...
متن کاملAdult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV1)
Epidemiology The disease has a long latency, and affected individuals usually are exposed to the virus very early in life. The virus may be transmitted in breast milk, and through exposure to blood and blood products. The cumulative incidence of ATLL is estimated to be 2.5% among HTLV-1 carriers in Japan (1). Sporadic cases have been found in the United State and elsewhere. It occurs in adults ...
متن کامل[Clinical aspects of adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATLL). (1) Survival rate and prognosis of adult T-cell leukemia].
We screened serum samples from patients with various hematological disorders and healthy individuals for the presence of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma associated antigen (anti-ATLA) antibodies. These antibodies were detected not only in all patients with ATL but frequently in those diagnosed as T-cell malignant lymphoma or T-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia; the positivity rate of anti-ATLA a...
متن کاملSpecific cutaneous manifestations in adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma
Background and aim: Adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is an aggresive malignancy which may occur in human T lymphotropic virus1(HTLV1) infected persons. HTLV1 is endemic in Khorasan with prevalence of 2.3% in general population. Since specific cutaneous manifestations of lymphoma may occur in a significant number of patients, we studied ATLL patients in Mashhad.Mate...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Atlas of Genetics and Cytogenetics in Oncology and Haematology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1768-3262
DOI: 10.4267/2042/38215