Intraocular Invasion of Adult T-Cell Leukemia Cells without Systemic Symptoms after Cataract Surgery

Intraocular Invasion of Adult T-Cell Leukemia Cells without Systemic Symptoms after Cataract Surgery

Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is an aggressive lymphoid proliferation associated with the human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I). The intraocular invasion of ATL is a rare event. A 75-year-old man without any systemic disease underwent uneventful cataract surgery of the right eye. On postoperative...

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Main Authors: Kazuichi Maruyama, Kenji Nagata, Kentaro Kojima, Toru Inaba, Sunao Sugita, Manabu Mochizuki, Shigeru Kinoshita
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-11-01
Series:Case Reports in Ophthalmology
Subjects:
Adult T-cell leukemia
Intraocular invasion
Flow cytometry
Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/355486

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