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[Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome associated with infection by HTLV-1 virus: a clinical case]
V Martínez1, C Franco, I Sazunic
1Departamento de Hemato/Oncología del Servicio de Medicina, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Santiago de Chile.
Revista Medica De Chile
|June 1, 1990
Abstract:
A 51 year old man with acquired immune deficiency syndrome for 2 years developed a chronic leukemia/T cell lymphoma. Anti HTLV-1 antibodies were confirmed by Western Blot. In the last months he developed hypercalcemia and leukocytosis of 130,000. Necropsy confirmed the diagnosis of Leukemia/T cell lymphoma without cutaneous involvement.