Early sequential development of infective dermatitis, human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1-associated myelopathy, and adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma.

Farre, Lourdes; de Oliveira, Maria de Fátima Paim; Primo, Janeusa; Vandamme, Anne-Mieke; Van Weyenbergh, Johan; Bittencourt, Achiléa L · Clin Infect Dis · 2008

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe a patient with human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-associated infective dermatitis who developed HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis and adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma at 16 years of age. Long inverse polymerase chain reaction was used to demonstrate monoclonal integration of proviral DNA in the lymphomatous skin lesion.

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