Attenuation of an adult T-cell leukemia skin lesion after treatment of a concomitant herpes simplex infection: a case study

We report the development and treatment of eczema herpeticum in a 51-year-old male suffering from adult T-cell leukemia (ATL). Lesions of eczema herpeticum coexisted with the skin lesions of ATL. Treatment of eczema herpeticum resulted in a concomitant improvement in the symptoms of ATL, including a...

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Autores principales: Tomita, Hajime, Ogawa, Fumihide, Kuwatsuka, Sayaka, Toriyama, Fumi, Yasumoto, Shinichirou, Kamihira, Shimeru, Utani, Atsushi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3519532/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23021252
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-422X-9-224
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Sumario:We report the development and treatment of eczema herpeticum in a 51-year-old male suffering from adult T-cell leukemia (ATL). Lesions of eczema herpeticum coexisted with the skin lesions of ATL. Treatment of eczema herpeticum resulted in a concomitant improvement in the symptoms of ATL, including a reduction in the size of the ATL plaques, for over 2 months before relapse.

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