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PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY
Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages 373-377Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2008.00686.x
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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma is a T-cell malignancy caused by the human T-cell lymphotropic virus-I. Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma is primarily a disease of adults due to the long latency period between initial infection and development of leukemia. We present a case of acute adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in an adolescent. Skin lesions had appeared 3 years earlier and were the initial sign of human T-cell lymphotropic virus-I infection and T-cell malignancy. Her disease failed to respond to both intensive chemotherapy and antiviral therapy. Cutaneous lesions are sometimes the initial sign of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and early recognition is imperative.
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