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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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89(1): 59-61, jan.-mar. 1994. ilus
Article
in English
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| ID: lil-155809
ABSTRACT
A case of a 20-years-old black man from Salvador, Bahia with HTLV-I associated T cell lymphoma is presented. In spite of the absence of splenomegaly and leukemia, the patient had a marked cephalic tumoral infiltrationassociated with axillary tumors in a pattern not yet described in adult T cell lymphoma. Peripheral blood involvement was observed later on in the course of thedisease. The patient underwent chemotherapy but died seven monts after diagnosis