Publications by authors named "Shigeko Kinjo"
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- Okinawa has a high prevalence of HTLV-1, which causes adult T-cell leukemia-lymphoma (ATL) and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy (HAM), leading researchers to study the tax genotype in local patients.
- Among 29 HTLV-1 carriers and 107 patients (74 ATL, 33 HAM), the study found a different distribution of tax genotypes: 44% taxA and 56% taxB, contrasting with previous data from mainland Japan.
- The findings indicate that taxA patients with aggressive ATL had worse clinical outcomes, with lower overall response and survival rates compared to taxB patients, suggesting the tax genotype can serve as a significant prognostic indicator for ATL severity.
Primary adrenal lymphoma (PAL) is very rare; the majority of cases reported previously were of B-cell origin. We report a rare case of primary adrenal adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (primary adrenal ATLL). ATLL is a highly aggressive T-cell type non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and etiologically associated with human T-cell lymphotropic virus 1 (HTLV-1).
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