title: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma of brain occurring after cardiac transplantation.
abstract: This case report concerns a case of NHL which affected a 56 year-old patient after cardiac transplantation. The patient was hospitalized because of worsening congestive failure. Despite maximal medical treatment the patient continued to be in NYHA Class III-IV and underwent orthotopic cardiac allograft transplantation. The NHL developed in the CNS eighteen months after surgery and had a very quick lethal progression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Agapitos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nanas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kavantzas
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Davaris
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged