TY - JOUR
T1 - Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma in Brooklyn
AU - Dosik, Harvey
AU - Denic, Srdjan
AU - Patel, Nainesh
AU - Krishnamurthy, Muthuswamy
AU - Levine, Paul H.
AU - Clark, Jeffrey W.
PY - 1988/4/15
Y1 - 1988/4/15
N2 - Fifteen patients with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) were identified in less than a two-year period in the Crown Heights—Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, NY. All patients were black; nine patients originated from the Caribbean islands and six from the southern United States. Two of the patients were father and daughter, the first evidence of familial occurrence in the United States. Their clinical course was similar to that of previously described patients with this disorder. To our knowledge, these 15 patients represent the largest series of ATLL reported in the United States. We recommend that ATLL be seriously considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma, mycosis fungoides, lymphatic leukemia, or hypercalcemia.
AB - Fifteen patients with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) were identified in less than a two-year period in the Crown Heights—Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, NY. All patients were black; nine patients originated from the Caribbean islands and six from the southern United States. Two of the patients were father and daughter, the first evidence of familial occurrence in the United States. Their clinical course was similar to that of previously described patients with this disorder. To our knowledge, these 15 patients represent the largest series of ATLL reported in the United States. We recommend that ATLL be seriously considered in the differential diagnosis of patients with non- Hodgkin’s lymphoma, mycosis fungoides, lymphatic leukemia, or hypercalcemia.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.1988.03720150031031
DO - 10.1001/jama.1988.03720150031031
M3 - Article
C2 - 2895192
AN - SCOPUS:0023889282
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 259
SP - 2255
EP - 2257
JO - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 15
ER -