We report a case of adult T-cell leukemia presenting with sensorimotor polyneuropathy with persistent severe pain. The patient died without treatment after 4 months. Autopsy showed infiltration of peripheral nerves by leukemia with no involvement of the CNS. This case closely resembles Marek's disease of fowls, a virus-induced T-cell lymphoma associated with neurolymphomatosis.
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Kuroda et al. (1989) studied this question.