A patient with multiple infections whose serum had antibodies to a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) developed a T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T11+, Leu-1+, Leu-3a+, TdT+, B1-, common ALL-). Antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus-I (HTLV-I) were absent. T-cell leukemia-lymphoma may be associated with HIV infection.
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Presant et al. (1987) studied this question.