| Abstract: | A 53-year-old woman born in Kamo village of Shizuoka prefecture was admitted to Juntendo Izunagaoka hospital complaining cough and appetite loss. On physical examinations, general lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly were recognized. And also dry rales and wet rales were heard in the bilateral lungs. On hematological examinations, leukocytes has counted 74,900/microliters, of which 61% atypical lymphocytes, and there were HTLV-I infection and positive anti-ATLA antibody. By the above results, she was diagnosed as adult T cell leukemia (ATL). T cell subset analysis was (CD4-, CD8-, CD3-), which is rare in ATL. Three months after the admission, she was died of disturbances of respiratory function in spite of VEPA therapy. Surface marker changed from CD3- to CD3+ in the course. To illuminate this mechanism will be a key step for the future study. |
