Smoldering adult T-cell leukemia complicated with pneumocystis pneumonia: A case report

Smoldering adult T-cell leukemia complicated with pneumocystis pneumonia: A case report

Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a tumor of CD4-positive T cells that accompanies an infection by human T-cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I). ATL is classified into four types—acute, lymphomatous, chronic, and smoldering. Opportunistic infections are known to occur in patients with acute or lymphomatous...

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Main Authors: Kazuma Kawamoto, Masahiro Yamasaki, Masaya Taniwaki, Mituhiro Itagaki, Wakako Daido, Yu Matsumoto, Naoko Matsumoto, Yusuke Izumi, Masaya Otohara, Nobuyuki Ohashi, Noboru Hattori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Subjects:
Smoldering adult T-cell leukemia
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus
Pneumocystis pneumonia
Opportunistic infection
Atypical lymphocyte
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007121000666

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