| htlv-i-associated adult t cell leukemia/lymphoma in two patients from bucharest, romania. | 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 ... | 1996 | 8709646 |