Fatal splenic rupture caused by infiltration of adult T cell leukemia cells

Acta Haematologica

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 255-257

  Arimura, Kosei ^a   Arima, Naomichi ^b,c   Kukita, Toshimasa ^a   Inoue, Hirosaka ^a   Arai, Akihiko ^a   Matsushita, Kakushi ^a   Taguchi, Shuuhei ^b   Yoshida, Hiroki ^b   Ozaki, Atsuo ^a   Kawada, Hideaki ^a   Akimoto, Masaki ^a   Tei, Chuwa ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult T cell leukemia; Infiltration; Splenic rupture; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA CELL; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN RUPTURE; SPLENOMEGALY; T CELL LEUKEMIA;

FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, T-CELL; MIDDLE AGED; SPLENIC RUPTURE;

EID: 21344441193     PISSN: 00015792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084679     Document Type: Article

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