Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma: report of two cases Leucemia/linfoma de células T do adulto: relato de dois casos

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Ricardo Aparecido Olivo, Fabrício Frederico Mendes Martins, Sheila Soares, Helio Moraes-Souza
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2008
• Subjects: Vírus linfotrópico de células T humanas; Leucemia/linfoma células T do Adulto; Flower cell; Human T-cell lymphotrophic virus; Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Aguda; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822008000300012; https://doaj.org/article/b6e17fc6958c4e71a83f3dd15c99d7bc

Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma is a lymphoproliferative disorder of mature T lymphocytes associated with infection with human T-cell lymphotrophic virus type I (HTLV-I). Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma is characterized by clinical and laboratory polymorphism that allows it to be classified into four...