Fatal metastatic calcification in a patient with HTLV-1-associated lymphoma.
Metastatic calcification of the heart, lungs and kidneys is described in a 42-year-old male who had an HTLV-1-associated lymphoma. This fatal complication of HTLV-1-associated lymphoma has been infrequently reported, and the case in question is the first to be recorded in the Caribbean, where HTLV-1 is common. Aggressive therapy of hypercalcaemia should be instituted early in its genesis in these lymphomas, so as to avoid its fatal outcome.
Department of Pathology, U.W.I., St. Augustine, Trinidad.
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D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D014300:Trinidad and Tobago