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THE HUMAN T-CELL LEUKEMIA LYMPHOMA VIRUS, LYMPHOMA, LYTIC BONE-LESIONS, AND HYPERCALCEMIA ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE Blayney, D. W., Jaffe, E. S., Fisher, R. I., Schechter, G. P., Cossman, J., ROBERTGUROFF, M., Kalyanaraman, V. S., Blattner, W. A., Gallo, R. C. 1983; 98 (2): 144-151

Abstract

The human T-cell lymphoma (HTL) virus is a type C RNA tumor virus isolated from patients with malignancies of mature T cells. We report three patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma, hypercalcemia, and antibodies to HTL virus. One patient presented with idiopathic hypercalcemia of 6 months' duration, two with striking lytic bone lesions, and two with circulating malignant lymphocytes. Malignant cells from all patients had surface markers characteristic of thymic-derived lymphocytes (T cells), and all patients had natural serum antibodies to disrupted HTL virus and to one or both viral structural proteins p19 and p24. Patients with adult peripheral T-cell lymphomas, particularly those that present with hypercalcemia and lytic bone lesions, may have antibodies to the type C RNA human tumor virus, HTL virus.

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