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Adult T-cell leukaemia-lymphoma in waldeyer's ring: A report of three cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Shinji Ohguro ,
Tetsuo Himi ,
Yasuaki Harabuchi ,
Toshio Suzuki ,
Kohji Asakura  and
Akikatsu Kataura
Shinji Ohguro*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
Tetsuo Himi
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
Yasuaki Harabuchi
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
Toshio Suzuki
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
Kohji Asakura
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
Akikatsu Kataura
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
*
Shinji Ohguro, M.D., Department of Otolaryngology, Sapporo Medical College, S.1, W.16, Chuo-ku Sapporo, 060. Japan. Fax: 81-11-615-5405.
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Abstract

Adult T-cell leukaemia-lymphoma (ATLL) is a new type of T-cell malignancy which has an adult onset, a rapidly progressive terminal course and a clustering at patients' birthplaces in southeast Japan and the Caribbean. We report the clinical features of three cases of ATLL in Waldeyer's ring, which has been rarely reported in the literature. The patients complained of throat pain and lump in the neck. They received combination chemotherapy, but all died within a year of first noticing the symptoms.

Keywords

Leukaemia-lymphomaT-cellOropharyngeal neoplasms
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 10 , October 1993 , pp. 960 - 962
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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