Small cells lung epidermoid carcinoma in a HTLV1-infected patient: case report and literature review

Small cells lung epidermoid carcinoma in a HTLV1-infected patient: case report and literature review

ABSTRACT The human T cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the first human retrovirus discovered. Since then, it has spread worldwide and is mainly associated with adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) and HTLV1-associated myelopathy (HAM). Its relationship, however, with other types of cancer is controversial. We describe the case of a patient presenting with small cells lung epidermoid carcinoma who had recently developed HAM, and a review of the literature related to these conditions. This is the first case of this type of lung cancer, the same of the first description in the literature, associated with HAM outside Japan.

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Main Authors: Dahy,Flávia Esper, Palhares,Renata Basic, Assone,Tatiane, Smid,Jerusa, Moura,João Victor Luisi de, Haziot,Michel E. J., Marcusso,Rosa Maria N., Oliveira,Augusto César Penalva de, Casseb,Jorge
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2021
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652021000100403
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