Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma in a renal transplant recipient: an opportunistic occurrence.
A 42-year-old man with chronic renal failure and homograft transplantation developed adult T cell lymphoma in one native kidney. The role of transfusion in the acquisition of human T-lymphotropic virus type I and its role in the early development of adult T cell lymphoma, particularly on the background of chronic immunosuppression, are discussed. To our knowledge, this is the first such case.
Williams
N P
NP
Department of Pathology, University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica.
Buchner
L M
LM
Shah
D J
DJ
Williams
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W
D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000276:immunology; D015459:Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology / Q000635:transmission*; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction