title: Post-transplant lymphoma in a liver allograft.
abstract: We describe the development of a lymphoma in a liver allograft shortly after orthotopic liver transplantation. Aspiration and core biopsies of the nodule were persistently negative so that a diagnosis could not be made until the patient underwent retransplantation, when examination of the liver resection specimen revealed a B-cell lymphoma. Using a rapid technique based on the polymerase chain reaction, we were able to demonstrate that the tumor was of donor origin.
authors.affiliation: Liver Transplant Unit, C.S.U. Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ribas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rafecas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Figueras
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Benasco
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fabregat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Torras
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cañas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Valls
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Volpini
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Banchs
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm