Article
Immunoblastic lymphoma of T-cell type in a chronically immunosuppressed renal transplant recipient.
American journal of clinical pathology - 1 Feb 1990
Griffith R C, Saha B K, Janney C M, Ratner L, Brunt E M, Gajl-Peczalska K J, Hanto D W
Abstract excerpt
A case of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of T-cell type occurring in a renal transplant recipient is described. This lymphoma was classified as large cell, immunoblastic type and presented as a mediastinal mass, although it was demonstrated to be disseminated at autopsy two weeks later. Lymphoma cells expressed the immunologic profile of a mature, activated cytotoxic/suppressor T-lymphocyte. T-cell receptor gene...
Topics
- Adult
- Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte
- Genotype
- Humans
- Immunosuppression Therapy
- Kidney Transplantation
- Lymph Nodes
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
- Male
- T-Lymphocytes