RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hypercalcaemia in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: report of two cases.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 1143
OP 1146
DO 10.1136/jcp.39.10.1143
VO 39
IS 10
A1 M A Laffan
A1 J G Talavera
A1 D Catovsky
YR 1986
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/39/10/1143.abstract
AB Two young adults presenting with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) associated with hypercalcaemia and osteolytic lesions were both found to have T cell ALL. Hypercalcaemia is a rare feature of ALL and has not previously been related to T cell disease. Both cases, in some respects, resembled (age between 10 and 20 years and low white cell count) the few other previously reported cases. In one of our cases increased concentrations of vitamin D3 seemed to have a role in the pathogenesis of the hypercalcaemia.