Successful bone marrow transplantation for adult T-cell leukemia from a donor with oligoclonal proliferation of T-cells infected with human T-cell lymphotropic virus

Leuk Lymphoma. 2001 Aug;42(4):819-22. doi: 10.3109/10428190109099347.

Abstract

We describe a patient who underwent successful BMT from her sibling for the treatment of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Pre-transplant examination of the donor revealed oligoclonal integration of HTLV-I proviruses within the germ line, and our concern was that clinical sequelae of HLTV-I infection might become evident in the setting of post-transplant immunosuppression. However, the patient has been in complete remission for 14 months after transplantation, and no clonality of HTLV-I provirus was detected in the peripheral blood cells using southern blotting analysis. Our experience supports the possibility of transplantation from HTLV-I positive donors.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Marrow Transplantation*
  • Cell Division
  • Clone Cells / pathology
  • Clone Cells / virology
  • Female
  • HTLV-I Infections* / transmission
  • Humans
  • Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / therapy*
  • Middle Aged
  • Remission Induction
  • T-Lymphocytes / pathology
  • T-Lymphocytes / virology
  • Tissue Donors*