Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma complicated by Pneumocystis pneumonia in a non-endemic area

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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a human T-cell leukemia virus type 1-inducing unevenly-distributed T-cell malignancy, which is often complicated by opportunistic infections. Here, we discuss the case of a 75-year-old woman presenting with Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) who was subsequently diagnosed with ATLL in Tokyo, a non-endemic area of ATLL. In addition to the elevated soluble interleukin-2 receptor and the detection of flower cells in the screening blood test, the high-resolution computed tomography findings, atypical of PCP, were clues to the diagnosis of ATLL. ATLL should be considered as an underlying disease when patients present with PCP, even in non-endemic areas.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Respiratory medicine case reports - 42(2023) vom: 01., Seite 101807

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kunimoto, Mayu [VerfasserIn]
Inomata, Minoru [VerfasserIn]
Chin, Haruka [VerfasserIn]
Ito, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Fujimoto, Kazushi [VerfasserIn]
Muto, Yutaka [VerfasserIn]
Nomura, Moe [VerfasserIn]
Sato, Kota [VerfasserIn]
Sakamoto, Keita [VerfasserIn]
Awano, Nobuyasu [VerfasserIn]
Kuse, Naoyuki [VerfasserIn]
Kumasaka, Toshio [VerfasserIn]
Takemura, Tamiko [VerfasserIn]
Izumo, Takehiro [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ATLL, adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL)
CT, computed tomography
Case Reports
GGO, ground glass opacity
HRCT, high-resolution CT
HTLV-1, human T-cell leukemia virus type 1
Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)
LD, lactate dehydrogenase
PCP, Pneumocystis pneumonia
Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
SIL-2R, soluble interleukin-2 receptor

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Date Revised 21.01.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101807

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351708243