Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma with gastric lesions. Report of three cases

J Clin Gastroenterol. 1991 Aug;13(4):390-4. doi: 10.1097/00004836-199108000-00006.

Abstract

We describe three cases of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) with malignant cell infiltration into the stomach. Case 1, a 63-year-old man, had a large ulcerative lesion on the lesser curvature of the upper stomach. Case 2, a 44-year-old man, had an irregular depressed lesion simulating a IIc-type early gastric cancer on the posterior wall of the mid portion of the stomach. Case 3, a 58-year-old man, had multiple irregular depressed lesions on the lesser curvature of the lower part of the stomach. In all cases, histologic examinations of the biopsy specimens confirmed ATL-cell infiltration into the stomach. In cases 1 and 2, repeated roentgenographic and endoscopic examinations revealed the characteristic changes of the gastric lesions over the course of time.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Gastroscopy
  • Humans
  • Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / complications*
  • Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / diagnostic imaging
  • Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / pathology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Stomach Neoplasms / complications*
  • Stomach Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach Neoplasms / pathology
  • Stomach Ulcer / diagnostic imaging
  • Stomach Ulcer / etiology*
  • Stomach Ulcer / pathology