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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma of the tongue.

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1990 Aug;70(2):206-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/91149035
Segami N; Hosoda M; Fukuda M; Sugihara T; Yahata Y; Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of; Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.

Abstract: A case of posterior tongue lymphoma associated with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) that occurred as a lesion in the lingual dorsal portion is reported in a 64-year-old woman. Initially, a diagnosis of Hodgkin's lymphoma was considered as no findings associated with ATL except lymphadenopathy and serum anti-ATLA antibodies were present. Combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy were administered with favorable results; however, 4 months later, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia developed, and 2 months later, generalized lymphadenopathy and hypercalcemia evolved. At this time, a diagnosis of ATL was made. The patient died of renal dysfunction 6 months after the initial presentation. In suspected cases of ATL and malignant diseases of T-cell lineage, namely, malignant lymphoma and mycosis fungoides, the presence of HTLV-1 infection should be confirmed by testing for anti-ATLA antibodies.
Keywords: Case Report Diagnosis, Differential Female Human Leukemia-Lymphoma, T-Cell, Acute, HTLV-I-Associated/*PATHOLOGY Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's/DIAGNOSIS Middle Age Tongue Neoplasms/*PATHOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLEKWDcasereportdiagnosis,differentialfemalehumanleukemia-lymphoma,t-cell,acute,htlv-i-associated/KWDpathologylymphoma,non-hodgkin's/diagnosismiddleagetongueneoplasms/KWDpathologyjournalarticle
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