Recurrent episcleritis associated with adult T cell leukaemia.

Abstract

Adult T cell leukaemia (ATL) is an aggressive adult leukaemia caused by human T lympho- tropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I). It shows various clinical features such as lymphadenopathy, hepatosplenomegaly, skin eruptions, and ocular lesions. ' Among ocular lesions we can often find direct infiltrations of ATL cells into the conjunc- tiva and opportunistic infectious lesions.2" In this paper we present an unusual finding, episcleritis, and propose the relation between episcleritis and HTLV-I.