Lymphoproliferative disease seen as a cardiac mass after orthotopic heart transplantation.
Posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) occurs in approximately 5% of patients after orthotopic heart transplantation. PTLD is frequently fatal. PTLD rarely involves the cardiac allograft. We report the first case of PTLD seen as a mass in the cardiac allograft.
Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous