Imaging features of posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder in pancreas transplant recipients.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to describe the imaging features of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) in pancreas transplant recipients.


CONCLUSIONS
The prominent image finding of PTLD in pancreas transplant recipients is diffuse allograft enlargement, an appearance that may be indistinguishable from the image findings of acute pancreatitis or transplant rejection. However, failure of response to immunosuppressive therapy, presence of intraallograft or extraallograft focal masses, or organomegaly may suggest the diagnosis of PTLD.
Meador
T L
TL
Department of Radiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21205, USA.
Krebs
T L
TL
Cheong
J J
JJ
Daly
B
B
Keay
S
S
Bartlett
S
S
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography