Isolated Post-Transplantation Lymphoproliferative Disease Involving the Breast and Axilla as Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma.
10.3348/kjr.2013.14.5.718
- Author:
Ji Young HWANG
1
;
Eun Suk CHA
;
Jee Eun LEE
;
Sun Hee SUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul 150-950, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Breast;
Breast neoplasm;
Post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disease;
Breast lymphoma;
Breast US
- MeSH:
Allografts;
Axilla;
Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis/*etiology/immunology;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Fatal Outcome;
Female;
Humans;
Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute/surgery;
Lymph Nodes/pathology;
Lymphoma, T-Cell, Peripheral/*etiology/pathology/ultrasonography;
Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation/*adverse effects;
T-Lymphocytes/immunology/pathology;
Transplantation, Homologous;
Ultrasonography, Mammary/*methods;
Young Adult
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology
2013;14(5):718-722
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLDs) are a heterogeneous group of diseases that represent serious complications following immunosuppressive therapy for solid organ or hematopoietic-cell recipients. In contrast to B-cell PTLD, T-cell PTLD is less frequent and is not usually associated with Epstein Barr Virus infection. Moreover, to our knowledge, isolated T-cell PTLD involving the breast is extremely rare and this condition has never been reported previously in the literature. Herein, we report a rare case of isolated T-cell PTLD of the breast that occurred after a patient had been treated for allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation due to acute myeloblastic leukemia.
