Author/Authors :
Khadem-Rezaiyan ، Majid نويسنده Student Research Committee, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran , , Zahedi Avval، Farnaz نويسنده Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, IR Iran , , Agheltar، Zohreh نويسنده Central Laboratory of Imam Reza University Hospital, Mashhad, IR Iran Agheltar, Zohreh , Youssefi، Masoud نويسنده Microbiology and virology research center, Department of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of medical science, Mashhad ,
Abstract :
Introduction: Adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) is a rare neoplasm of post-thymic lymphocytes observed in only 3% - 4% of patients infected
with human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-1). The exact mechanism by which HTLV-1 triggers ATL is still under investigation.
HTLV-I is endemic in specific regions of the world including Mashhad, Iran, where the present study was performed.
Case Presentation: The current paper reports serum levels of calcium, magnesium and phosphorus as the main traced elements
as well as parathormone (PTH) in five patients with ATL referred to Imam Reza hospital in Mashhad, Iran, in 2014.
Conclusions:We observed upper limit values of the normal range forMgin the ATL cases whichmaynot be neglected from a clinical
point of view. The other measurements did not show a remarkable difference with normal levels.
