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Chromosomal aberrations in adult T cell leukemia: relationship to the
clinical severity
I Sanada, R Tanaka, E Kumagai, H Tsuda, H Nishimura, K Yamaguchi, F Kawano, H Fujiwara and K Takatsuki
A chromosome study was performed in 18 patients with adult T cell leukemia
(ATL), who were divided into three groups according to their clinical
manifestations: nine had acute ATL, six had chronic ATL, and three had
smoldering ATL. Mitotic cells were obtained from peripheral blood, lymph
node, or bone marrow and were analyzed by the G-banding technique. In acute
ATL, the chromosome number ranged from diploid or pseudodiploid to
hyperdiploid; in the chronic type, from hypodiploid to hyperdiploid; but in
the smoldering type, it was diploid. Eight of nine patients with acute ATL
had trisomy 3 and/or trisomy 7, whereas none of those with chronic ATL
exhibited these aberrations. Patients with smoldering ATL had a normal
karyotype. The present findings indicate that the more aggressive the
clinical course of ATL, the more complex the numerical and structural
chromosome abnormality.
Volume 65,
Issue 3,
pp. 649-654,
03/01/1985
Copyright © 1985 by The American Society of Hematology

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