ADULT T-CELL LEUKEMIA WITH LEUKEMIC-CELL INFILTRATION IN THE CONJUNCTIVA - A CASE-REPORT

A 77-year-old Japanese woman who had suffered from skin eruptions sinc e 1986 was admitted in January, 1990. A diagnosis of adult T-cell leuk emia/lymphoma (ATL) was made on the basis of clinical and laboratory d ata. On admission, erythematous lesions were present in both eyelids. Yellowish-white elevated lesions were found along the limbal conjuncti va, and extended segmentally into the cornea of both eyes. Microscopic ally, leukemic infiltration into the subepithelial layer of the conjun ctiva was observed. Ophthalmic manifestations in ATL have not been wel l described, because of a little attention paid to them.