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The pathology of liver-localized post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease: a report of three cases and a review of the literature.
The American journal of surgical pathology - 1 May 2000
Nuckols J D, Baron P W, Stenzel T T, Olatidoye B A, Tuttle-Newhall J E, Clavien P A, Howell D N
Abstract excerpt
Post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) is a complication of solid organ transplantation that is typically of B-cell origin and associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). In patients receiving orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) and treated with cyclosporin A. PTLD typically presents between 6 and 17 months post-transplantation as a systemic illness with involvement of the hepatic graft in a...
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