Pyoderma Gangrenosum as a Harbinger of Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma

Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATLL) is a malignancy of mature T lymphocytes caused by chronic human T-lymphotropic virus, type I (HTLV-I) infection. Up to one third of cases of ATLL can present with skin involvement—oftentimes there may only be skin involvement. Rare cutaneous presentations can fu...

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Autores principales: Waqar, Syed H.B., Adhikari, Biplov, Salahi, Navid, Ahmed, Sara, McFarlane, Isabel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Greater Baltimore Medical Center 2023
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10166224/
http://dx.doi.org/10.55729/2000-9666.1167
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Sumario:Adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATLL) is a malignancy of mature T lymphocytes caused by chronic human T-lymphotropic virus, type I (HTLV-I) infection. Up to one third of cases of ATLL can present with skin involvement—oftentimes there may only be skin involvement. Rare cutaneous presentations can further obscure the diagnosis, create diagnostic dilemma, and delay the institution of appropriate therapy. We present a case of ATLL where the initial lesion at presentation was pyoderma gangrenosum (PG). To our knowledge, there are no reported cases of ATLL presenting as PG.

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