CD4+/CD56+ TdT+ haematodermic neoplasm (previously called blastic natural killer cell lymphoma) in a patient with chronic human T-cell leukaemia virus type 1 infection: A previously unreported association

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 162, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1395-1397

  Gurgen, J ^a   Hogan, D ^b   Muller, K ^b   Flowers, J ^a   Sexton, W ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutanous T cell lymphoma; Human T cell leukaemia virus type 1 (HTLV 1) infection

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; LORATADINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; BLASTIC NK CELL LYMPHOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FATIGUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 2; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; SEROLOGY; T CELL LEUKEMIA; THORAX DISEASE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD56; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; HTLV-I INFECTIONS; HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOMA, T-CELL, CUTANEOUS; MIDDLE AGED; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77952686402     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.09681.x     Document Type: Letter

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