21 October 2024 (Monday) - Learning Monday

I wasn’t sure but wondered if it was Sezary syndrome. 
It wasn’t.

"The clinical presentation, the morphology, the immunophenotype and the positive finding for HTLV-1 were all consistent with adult T-cell leukemia lymphoma. 
All the other T-cell disorders are HTLV-1 negative.  
In addition, the patient was of African descent and central and West Africa have been shown to be endemic for the virus and the associated diseases". 

Reference:  Cook LB, Phillips AA.  How I treat adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Blood. 2021;137:459-470.
 
Well – I learned something there…

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