Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Manifest as Gingival Hyperplasia in a Renal Transplant Recipient.
10.3904/kjim.2005.20.4.330
- Author:
Jung Hyun KWON
1
;
Joon Chang SONG
;
Sang Hun LEE
;
So Young LEE
;
Chul Woo YANG
;
Yong Soo KIM
;
Byung Kee BANG
Author Information
1. Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yangch@catholic.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Gingival hyperplasia;
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL);
Renal transplantation
- MeSH:
Male;
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/complications/*diagnosis;
*Kidney Transplantation;
Humans;
Gingival Hyperplasia/*etiology;
Adult
- From:The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
2005;20(4):330-334
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Gingival hyperplasia is a frequent complication in transplant patients who receive cyclosporine or calcium channel blockers. We studied an unusual case involving a renal transplant recipient with post-transplant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that manifested as gingival hyperplasia. We initially consider that it was a side effect of cyclosporine and nifedipine. The lesion did not respond to dose reductions or the withdrawal of cyclosporine and nifedipine, and the gingival hyperplasia progressed in a localized fashion, becoming ulcerated and bleeding easily. Histological examination revealed the presence of malignant lymphoma.
