Article
Selective outgrowth of a posttransplant B-immunoblastic lymphoma expressing a latent membrane protein-1 deletion variant.
Transplantation - 15 Oct 1997
Kershaw G R, Berger C, McQuain C, al-Homsi A S, Pihan G, Quesenberry P J, Woda B A, Knecht H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders are generally associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and are of B cell origin. We report the case of a B-immunoblastic lymphoma that developed in a pretransplantation EBV-seronegative woman 4 months after kidney transplant from her HLA-ha...
Topics
- Adult
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Glomerulonephritis, IGA
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- Immunotoxins
- Kidney Transplantation
- Living Donors
- Lymphoma, B-Cell
- Point Mutation
- Postoperative Complications
- Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma