Post-transplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorder in Transplanted Liver: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.1998.38.4.685
- Author:
Jae Min CHO
1
;
Seung Hoon KIM
;
Hyo Keun LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Liver, transplantation;
Liver, diseases;
Liver, neoplasms, diagnosis
- MeSH:
Humans;
Immune System;
Liver*;
Lymphocytes;
Lymphoproliferative Disorders*;
Transplantation;
Ultrasonography
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
1998;38(4):685-687
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Post-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder occurs in transplant recipients in whom immunosuppressivetherapy has compromised the immune system. In patients who have undergone transplants, suppressor T lymphocytefunction is suppressed, leading to unbridled B lymphocyte proliferation. We encountered a case withpost-transplantation lymphoproliferative disorder which manifested as a focal hepatic mass in transplanted liver.This mass was isoechoic, with a peripheral hypoechoic halo on ultrasonogram, while on all three phases of helicalCT scan low attenuation without contrast enhancement was seen.
