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Case Reports
. 1996 Aug;10(8):1366-9.

HTLV-I-associated adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma in two patients from Bucharest, Romania

H Veelken  1 , G Köhler, J Schneider, H Dierbach, R Mertelsmann, H E Schaefer, M Lübbert
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  • PMID: 8709646
Case Reports

HTLV-I-associated adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma in two patients from Bucharest, Romania

H Veelken et al. Leukemia. 1996 Aug.

Abstract

Two middle-aged patients with T cell lymphoma, both natives of Bucharest, Romania, tested positive for HTLV-I antibodies. Malignant cells had the typical phenotype and morphology of adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL). Both cases presented with extranodal manifestation, hypercalcemia, early recurrence after initial responses to therapy, and subsequent resistance to conventional and intensified chemotherapy. Infection with HTLV-I was confirmed by PCR analyses of serial biopsies. Neither patient reported known risk factors for HTLV-I infection. This report points to the possibility that Romania may represent an endemic area for HTLV-I and should heighten the awareness towards HTLV-I infections in Romanian patients.

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