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Abstract
Case Report
A fatal case of human T-cell leukemia virus I-associated bronchiole-alveolar disorder showing multiple cysts
Chiyako Oshikataa Naomi Tsurikisawaa Takahiro Tsuburaia Yuko Suzukib Ayako Horitac Ikuo Saitoc Kazuo Akiyamaa
aDepartment of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital
bDepartment of Hematology, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital
cDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Sagamihara National Hospital
ABSTRACT
A 79-year-old woman, born in Wakayama Prefecture suffered from heart and respiratory failure. Various sizes of multiple cysts, seen mainly in the bilateral upper lobe of the lung on chest X-ray and high-resolution computed tomography. The size of the cysts rapidly increased after 9 months, and respiratory failure was progressive. An autopsy report showed mild lymphocyte infiltration into the bronchiolar wall, but there were no atypical lymphocytes. She had no monoclonal integration of proviral DNA in the peripheral blood or bone marrow. We showed that a patient with human T-cell leukemia virus I-associated bronchiolitis presented various sizes of multiple cysts in the bilateral upper lobe of the lung.
KEYWORDS
HTLV-I carrier HAB/HABA multiple cyst
Received 6 Jul 2011 ／ Accepted 8 Sep 2011
AJRS, 1(1): 78-82, 2012
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