FATAL METASTATIC CALCIFICATION IN A PATIENT WITH HTLV-1-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOMA

Authors
DAISLEY H CHARLES WP
Citation
H. Daisley et Wp. Charles, FATAL METASTATIC CALCIFICATION IN A PATIENT WITH HTLV-1-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOMA, West Indian Medical Journal, 42(1), 1993, pp. 37-39
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
West Indian Medical Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00433144
Volume
42
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
37 - 39
Database
ISI
SICI code
0043-3144(1993)42:1<37:FMCIAP>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Metastatic calcification of the heart, lungs and kidneys is described in a 42-year-old male who had an HTLV-1-associated lymphoma. This fata l complication of HTLV-1-associated lymphoma has been infrequently rep orted, and the case in question is the first to be recorded in the Car ibbean, where HTLV-1 is common. Aggressive therapy of hypercalcaemia s hould be instituted early in its genesis in these lymphomas, so as to avoid its fatal outcome.