成人T细胞白血病(Adult T-Cell Leukemia,ATL),首先由日本学者Takatsuki和Uchiyama等根据临床和血液学的特征提出的一类T细胞恶性增生性疾病。此病呈明确的地域性分布特点及伴白血性淋巴瘤,故亦被称为地方性成人T细胞白血病/淋巴瘤。最近Catovsky等在加勒比海区西印度群岛也发现相似的病例,命名为成人T细胞淋巴肉瘤性白血病。与此同时,美国也有少数病例报道。更引人注意的是从这些病人的白血病细 Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a kind of T-cell malignant proliferative disease which is first proposed by Japanese scholar Takatsuki and Uchiyama according to clinical and hematological features. The disease is characterized by a clear regional distribution and with white blood lymphoma, it is also known as the local adult T cell leukemia / lymphoma. Recently Catovsky et al. Also found a similar case in the western Indian islands of the Caribbean, named adult T-cell lymphosarcoma leukemia. In the meantime, there are a few cases reported in the United States. More striking is the leukemia from these patients