HTLV-1-associated adult T cell leukemia lymphoma presenting as granulomatous pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) and hypercalcemia

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 420-423

  Shahnaz, Sabiha ^a,b   Reich, David ^a,b   Arévalo Valencia, Diana ^a,b   Kucinska, Slavka ^a,b   Tulczynska, Joanna ^a,b   Fleischman, Jean ^a,b  

^a QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

1,25(OH)2 vitamin D; ATLL; Granulomatous PJP; HTLV 1; Hypercalcemia; PTHrP

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; FUROSEMIDE; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCALCEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; VIRUS INFECTION; AGED; BLOOD; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERCALCEMIA; LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, ACUTE, HTLV-I-ASSOCIATED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 34250346104     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-0047-6     Document Type: Article

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