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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma presenting with digital gangrene. 1997

M Setoyama, and S Yamamoto, and T Kanzaki

Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.

There have been only a few reports in the literature of lymphoma patients suffering from digital gangrene. The present case, a 40-year old man with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) showed marked edematous and dyshidrosis-like changes of the digital fingers. As a result of these changes, most of the fingertips of this patient were affected by gangrene. Histologically, lesions showed organized thrombi occluding veins in the middle dermis. In patients suffering from malignant lymphoma, digital swelling and pain associated with cyanosis should receive careful attention because of the possibility of digital gangrene. To our knowledge, this report is on the first ATLL case in the literature presenting with digital gangrene associated with occlusive thrombi.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D003937	Diagnosis, Differential	Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.	Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D005385	Fingers	Four or five slender jointed digits in humans and primates, attached to each HAND.	Finger
D005734	Gangrene	Death and putrefaction of tissue usually due to a loss of blood supply.	Gangrenes
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328	Adult	A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available.	Adults
D001157	Arterial Occlusive Diseases	Pathological processes which result in the partial or complete obstruction of ARTERIES. They are characterized by greatly reduced or absence of blood flow through these vessels. They are also known as arterial insufficiency.	Arterial Obstructive Diseases,Arterial Occlusion,Arterial Obstructive Disease,Arterial Occlusions,Arterial Occlusive Disease,Disease, Arterial Obstructive,Disease, Arterial Occlusive,Obstructive Disease, Arterial,Occlusion, Arterial,Occlusive Disease, Arterial
D001707	Biopsy, Needle	Removal and examination of tissue obtained through a transdermal needle inserted into the specific region, organ, or tissue being analyzed.	Aspiration Biopsy,Puncture Biopsy,Aspiration Biopsies,Biopsies, Aspiration,Biopsies, Needle,Biopsies, Puncture,Biopsy, Aspiration,Biopsy, Puncture,Needle Biopsies,Needle Biopsy,Puncture Biopsies
D015139	Blotting, Southern	A method (first developed by E.M. Southern) for detection of DNA that has been electrophoretically separated and immobilized by blotting on nitrocellulose or other type of paper or nylon membrane followed by hybridization with labeled NUCLEIC ACID PROBES.	Southern Blotting,Blot, Southern,Southern Blot
D015459	Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell	Aggressive T-Cell malignancy with adult onset, caused by HUMAN T-LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS 1. It is endemic in Japan, the Caribbean basin, Southeastern United States, Hawaii, and parts of Central and South America and sub-Saharan Africa.	ATLL,HTLV I Associated T Cell Leukemia Lymphoma,HTLV-Associated Leukemia-Lymphoma,HTLV-I-Associated T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma,Human T Lymphotropic Virus Associated Leukemia Lymphoma,Human T Lymphotropic Virus-Associated Leukemia-Lymphoma,Human T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma,Leukemia Lymphoma, Adult T Cell,Leukemia Lymphoma, T Cell, Acute, HTLV I Associated,Leukemia, Adult T-Cell,Leukemia-Lymphoma, T-Cell, Acute, HTLV-I-Associated,T Cell Leukemia Lymphoma, HTLV I Associated,T Cell Leukemia, Adult,T-Cell Leukemia, Adult,T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult,T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma, HTLV-I-Associated,Adult T-Cell Leukemia,Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma,Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphomas,Adult T-Cell Leukemias,HTLV Associated Leukemia Lymphoma,HTLV-Associated Leukemia-Lymphomas,HTLV-I-Associated T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphomas,Human T Cell Leukemia Lymphoma,Human T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphomas,Leukemia, Adult T Cell,Leukemia-Lymphoma, HTLV-Associated,Leukemia-Lymphoma, HTLV-I-Associated T-Cell,Leukemia-Lymphoma, Human T-Cell,Leukemia-Lymphomas, Adult T-Cell,Leukemia-Lymphomas, HTLV-Associated,Leukemia-Lymphomas, HTLV-I-Associated T-Cell,Leukemia-Lymphomas, Human T-Cell,Leukemias, Adult T-Cell,T Cell Leukemia Lymphoma, Adult,T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma, Human,T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphomas, Adult,T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphomas, HTLV-I-Associated,T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphomas, Human,T-Cell Leukemias, Adult