Table 1.

Incident ATL cohort

CodeClinical subtypeStage (lymphoma subtype)Age at diagnosis, yMonths from HTLV diagnosis to ATLHTLV-associated diseaseImmunomodulatory therapy prior to ATL diagnosis
A1 Acute n/a 57 32 HAM None 
A2 Acute n/a 85 118 HAM Methyl prednisolone 
L1 Lymphoma IVS 54 168 HAM Cyclosporine 
L2 Lymphoma IVB 51 29 SPA Methotrexate, anti-TNF, hydroxychloroquine, prednisolone 
L3 Lymphoma IV 53 124 None None 
L4 Lymphoma* IIA 33 22 SS None 
CodeClinical subtypeStage (lymphoma subtype)Age at diagnosis, yMonths from HTLV diagnosis to ATLHTLV-associated diseaseImmunomodulatory therapy prior to ATL diagnosis
A1 Acute n/a 57 32 HAM None 
A2 Acute n/a 85 118 HAM Methyl prednisolone 
L1 Lymphoma IVS 54 168 HAM Cyclosporine 
L2 Lymphoma IVB 51 29 SPA Methotrexate, anti-TNF, hydroxychloroquine, prednisolone 
L3 Lymphoma IV 53 124 None None 
L4 Lymphoma* IIA 33 22 SS None 

Patients were subtyped according to the Shimoyama classification and Ann Arbor staging systems.

HAM, HTLV-associated myelopathy; n/a, not applicable; SPA, seronegative polyarthritis; SS, Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.

*

This patient also had Epstein-Barr virus–positive cells with Hodgkin disease–like histologic features.31 

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