Interstitial Pneumonia Developed in HTLV-I Carriers: Report of Two Cases

• Published in: YONAGO ACTA MEDICA Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 125 - 131
• Main Authors: Naoto Burioka, Hisashi Suyama, Yuji Sugimoto, Hiroki Chikumi, Hiroki Yajima, Katsuyuki Tomita, Eiji Hoshino, Yukio Matsumoto, Takao Sasaki, Makoto Motoi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Tottori University Faculty of Medicine 1997

Two carriers of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) with interstitial pneumonia are described. The first case, a 60-year-old man, was admitted with cough and dyspnea on exertion. Light microscopy of a lung specimen obtained by a transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) showed thickening of the...