PMID- 3872708
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19850531
LR  - 20190619
IS  - 0008-543X (Print)
IS  - 0008-543X (Linking)
VI  - 55
IP  - 10
DP  - 1985 May 15
TI  - Pulmonary complications in patients with adult T-cell leukemia.
PG  - 2491-4
AB  - A survey of 360 patients with various hematologic diseases revealed a high 
      frequency of respiratory complications in patients with adult T-cell leukemia 
      (ATL) compared to others. Among 29 patients with ATL, pulmonary complications 
      were seen in 26 patients; leukemic pulmonary infiltration in 13, bleeding in 1, 
      interstitial pneumonitis in 1, and pulmonary infection in 13. The incidence of 
      Pneumocystis carinii and bacterial pneumonias were high despite adequate 
      neutrophil count. Even in chronic and smoldering ATL, respiratory diseases were 
      found in high frequency. Many of those were leukemic cell infiltration. In ten of 
      13 patients with pulmonary infiltration it occurred in the early stage and 6 of 
      them were diagnosed as having "chronic lung disease" before the diagnosis of ATL. 
      Its histology was accompanied by fibrosis in greater or lesser degree in almost 
      all cases. Transbroncheal lung biopsy (TBLB) is of value in diagnosis (8 of 13 
      cases).
FAU - Yoshioka, R
AU  - Yoshioka R
FAU - Yamaguchi, K
AU  - Yamaguchi K
FAU - Yoshinaga, T
AU  - Yoshinaga T
FAU - Takatsuki, K
AU  - Takatsuki K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Cancer
JT  - Cancer
JID - 0374236
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Leukemia/*complications
MH  - Lung Diseases/*complications
MH  - Lung Neoplasms/pathology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Respiratory Tract Infections/complications
MH  - *T-Lymphocytes
EDAT- 1985/05/15 00:00
MHDA- 1985/05/15 00:01
CRDT- 1985/05/15 00:00
PHST- 1985/05/15 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1985/05/15 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1985/05/15 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/1097-0142(19850515)55:10<2491::aid-cncr2820551030>3.0.co;2-i [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Cancer. 1985 May 15;55(10):2491-4. doi: 
      10.1002/1097-0142(19850515)55:10<2491::aid-cncr2820551030>3.0.co;2-i.