%0 Journal Article
%T Two Cases of Tuberculosis Manifesting as Cutaneous Solitary Mass in Patients with Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma
%A Monji Koga
%A Masaki Fujita
%A Shinichi Imafuku
%J Journal of Tuberculosis Research
%P 134-139
%@ 2329-8448
%D 2016
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jtr.2016.43016
%X Tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem worldwide and a large number of fatal cases are still reported. Immunocompetent individuals are naturally susceptible to TB, and immunocompromised patients have a greater risk of infection. Although patients with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) are in an immunosuppressed condition, there is only one reported case of TB accompanied with ATL in the English- language literature in the field of dermatology. Here, we report two patients with chronic-type ATL infected with TB manifesting as cutaneous solitary masses. Case 1 was a 58-year-old woman diagnosed with lumbar abscess with pulmonary TB. Case 2 was an 84-year-old woman diagnosed with tuberculous lymphadenitis in the left cervical region. It is important to raise the differential diagnosis of TB and perform tissue culture for acid-fast bacilli as well as Interferon-Gamma release assay test when dermatologists encounter mass lesions in patients with ATL.
%K Tuberculosis
%K Tuberculous Lymphadenitis
%K Immunosuppression
%K Adult T-Cell  Leukemia/Lymphoma
%K Regulatory T-Cell
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=70421