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Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma is a mature T-cell neoplasm caused by human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1). The disease is usually disseminated (including skin involvement) and is composed of highly pleomorphic lymphoid cells.
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Subtil, A. (2019). Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma (ATLL). In: Diagnosis of Cutaneous Lymphoid Infiltrates. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11654-5_35
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