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HTLV-I-Induced Lymphoma Mimicking Hodgkin’s Disease. Diagnosis by Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification of Specific HTLV-I Sequences in Tumor DNA
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HTLV-I-Induced Lymphoma Mimicking Hodgkin’s Disease. Diagnosis by Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification of Specific HTLV-I Sequences in Tumor DNA

David B. Duggan, Garth D. Ehrlich, Frederick P. Davey, Shirley Kwok, John Sninsky, Jack Goldberg, Leon Baltrucki and Bernard J. Poiesz
Blood, v 71(4), pp 1027-1032
Apr 1988
PMID: 2895676
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https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.v71.4.1027.1027View
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https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.V71.4.1027.1027View
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Abstract

A patient with a localized HTLV-l-associated lymphoproli-ferative disease that was misdiagnosed as Hodgkin's disease is presented. The patient's serum was negative for HTLV-I antibodies by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Western blot, and radioimmunoprecipitation. Tumor tissue DNA was negative for HTLV-I by Southern blotting but was positive for distinct HTLV-I sequences when subjected to DNA amplification using the polymerase chain reaction. We conclude that the clinical and pathologic diagnosis of HTLV-l-related lymphoma can be difficult and can be confused with Hodgkin's disease. Extremely sensitive molecular biological techniques may be required to establish a diagnosis of HTLV-I-induced lymphoma.

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