Clinical and laboratory features of 78 cases of T-prolymphocytic leukemia.
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We describe the clinical and laboratory findings of 78 adult patients with T-prolymphocytic leukemia (T-PLL) studied over the last 12 years. The main disease features were splenomegaly (73%), lymphadenopathy (53%), hepatomegaly (40%), skin lesions (27%), and a high leukocyte count (greater than 100 x 10(9)/L in 75%) with nucleolated prolymphocytes. A variant form with small, less typical cells was recognized in 19%. Membrane markers defined a postthymic phenotype TdT-, CD2+, CD3+, CD5+, CD7+; in 65%, the cells were CD4+ CD8-, in 21%, they coexpressed CD4 and CD8, and, in 13%, they were CD4- CD8+. Serology for human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus Type-I (HTLV-I) was negative in the 27 cases investigated. Cytogenetic analysis in 30 cases showed a consistent abnormality of chromosome 14, usually inv (14), with breakpoints at q11 and q32 in 76% of cases. Trisomy 8, including iso8q, was shown in 53%; t (11;14)(q13;q32) was documented in one case; and one had a normal karyotype. The clinical course was progressive with a median survival of 7.5 months. Thirty-one patients were treated with 2' deoxycoformycin and 15 responded (3 complete remissions and 12 partial remissions); the response rate (48%) increased to 58% in patients with a CD4+ CD8- phenotype. The median survival of responders was 16 months and of nonresponders 10 months; other treatments were less effective. T-PLL is a distinct clinico-pathologic entity with aggressive course and characteristic chromosome abnormalities. A subgroup of patients may benefit from deoxycoformycin.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Blood
دوره 78 12 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991