PMID- 8199030 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19940701 LR - 20190705 IS - 0007-1048 (Print) IS - 0007-1048 (Linking) VI - 86 IP - 2 DP - 1994 Feb TI - Adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma featuring a large granular lymphocyte leukaemia morphologically. PG - 383-5 AB - A 70-year-old man from an endemic area of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) developed rapid generalized lymphadenopathy and abdominal tumours. The white blood cell count was 198.3 x 10(9)/l with 93% lymphocytes, 66.3% of which expressed large granular lymphocytes (LGLs). Bone marrow and lymph nodes were also infiltrated by LGLs. Surface markers were positive for CD4, CD25 and HLA-DR, and negative for CD3, CD8, CD16, CD56 and CD57. A monoclonal integration of HTLV-I proviral DNA was demonstrated on these LGLs by Southern blot hybridization analysis. This fact indicates that some adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphoma may morphologically present LGL leukaemia. FAU - Sakamoto, Y AU - Sakamoto Y AD - Department of Internal Medicine, Takamatsu Red Cross Hospital, Kagawa, Japan. FAU - Kawachi, Y AU - Kawachi Y FAU - Uchida, T AU - Uchida T FAU - Abe, T AU - Abe T FAU - Mori, M AU - Mori M FAU - Setsu, K AU - Setsu K FAU - Indo, N AU - Indo N LA - eng PT - Case Reports PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Br J Haematol JT - British journal of haematology JID - 0372544 RN - 0 (DNA, Viral) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Blotting, Southern MH - DNA, Viral/analysis MH - Human T-lymphotropic virus 1/genetics/isolation & purification MH - Humans MH - Leukemia, Lymphoid/microbiology/*pathology MH - Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/complications/*pathology MH - Male EDAT- 1994/02/01 00:00 MHDA- 1994/02/01 00:01 CRDT- 1994/02/01 00:00 PHST- 1994/02/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1994/02/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1994/02/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1994.tb04745.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Haematol. 1994 Feb;86(2):383-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.1994.tb04745.x.